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Pages in category "Islands of the Ohio River" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. ... Raccoon Island (Ohio) S. Six Mile Island State Nature ...
The Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (ORINWR) is a National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in non-contiguous sites consisting of islands along 362 miles (583 km) [2] of the Ohio River, primarily (85% of acreage) [3] in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
The islands on the Ohio River hold significant natural heritage and local history. And some are publicly accessible, offering recreational opportunities for boaters, paddlers and anglers.
The Ohio River is a 981-mile-long (1,579 km) river in the United States. ... Thus Wheeling Island, the largest inhabited island in the Ohio River, ...
Wheeling Island is the most populated island in the Ohio River. [1] It lies within the city of Wheeling in Ohio County, West Virginia, United States.The 2000 census showed a resident population of 3,142 people on the island, which has a land area of 1.514 square kilometres (374 acres). [2]
The island is a part of the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge and can only be accessed by boat. [1] The earliest known reference to the island is a 1770 journal entry by George Washington who was surveying the area at the time. In 1897, the Buckeye and Eureka Pipeline Company bought the island and turned it into an amusement park.
Blennerhassett Island is an island on the Ohio River below the mouth of the Little Kanawha River, near Parkersburg in Wood County, West Virginia, United States. Historically, Blennerhassett Island was occupied by Native Americans. Nemacolin, chief of the Delaware Nation, made it his last home, dying in 1767.
Buffington Island is an island in the Ohio River in Jackson County, West Virginia near the town of Ravenswood, United States, east of Racine, Ohio.During the American Civil War, the Battle of Buffington Island took place on July 19, 1863, just south of the Ohio community of Portland.