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The Coal River is a tributary of the Kanawha River in southern West Virginia. It is formed near the community of Alum Creek by the confluence of the Big and Little Coal Rivers , and flows generally northward through western Kanawha County , past the community of Upper Falls and into the Kanawha River at St. Albans .
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of West Virginia. List of West Virginia rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers. There are also smaller streams (i.e., branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the state. Exclusive of major tributaries, there are about 46 named rivers in West Virginia.
Elk River: Steve Woods Length Fallfish: 1970 21.25 3.5 North Fork of South Branch: James Blackwell Freshwater drum: 1954 37 25 Little Kanawha River: Bill Dawkins Length Freshwater drum: 1989 35.5 27 South Fork Hughes River: Charles Mickel Lott Weight Longnose gar: 1993 50.5 19.08 Kanawha River: Michael Shan Casey Weight Longnose gar: 2003 50.63 ...
Ohio River Basin: Includes the Ohio, Monongahela, Little Kanawha, Kanawha, Guyandotte, and Big Sandy Rivers. N: New River Basin: Includes the New and Gauley Rivers. P: Potomac River Basin: Includes the Potomac River. J: James River Basin: Includes the James
Birch River (West Virginia) Black Fork (Cheat River tributary) Blackwater River (West Virginia) Blue Creek (West Virginia) Bluestone National Scenic River; Bluestone River; Boggs Run (Ohio River tributary) Bonds Creek; Bone Creek (West Virginia) Bosley Run; Brier Creek (Big Coal River tributary) Browns Run (Peters Run tributary) Bruffey Creek
Coal miners from West Virginia – whom locals have lovingly dubbed the “West Virginia Boys” – moved a mountain in just three days to reopen a 2.7-mile stretch of Highway 64 between Bat Cave ...
Bone Creek (West Virginia) Bosley Run; Brier Creek (Big Coal River tributary) Browns Run (Peters Run tributary) ... First Creek (Pocatalico River tributary) Fishing ...
Clip from John Senex map c. 1710 showing the people Captain Vielle passed by to arrive in Chaouenon's country as the French Jesuit called the Shawnee.. For nearly 15 years, missionaries and "coureurs de bois" confused ideas of a "beautiful River, large, wide, deep, and worthy of comparison . . . with our great river St. Lawrence" that in 1660 and 1662 they were able to describe a river below ...