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The river is a popular stream for canoeing and kayaking. The name "Caney Fork" comes from the dense cane breaks that grew along the river's banks when European explorers first arrived in the area. [8] The river is a major drainage feature of the Cumberland Plateau and the largest tributary of the Cumberland River.
Great Falls Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Caney Fork, straddling the county line between White County and Warren County in the U.S. state of Tennessee.It is the only dam outside the Tennessee River watershed owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The river winds its way northward through a section of the Highland Rim known as "the Barrens," and steadies as it enters the eastern section of McMinnville. The river almost joins the Caney Fork at a point just opposite the Great Falls Dam power plant, but instead bends southward to create the peninsula where the present park is located.
The mouth of the Calfkiller, with the Caney Fork on the right. After crossing into White County, the river's valley broadens as it veers southwestward and continues through a series of rural communities. Just south of Sparta, the river passes under Highway 84, which continues along the river's east bank. In Sparta, the river continues southward ...
The Caney Fork rises near Campbell Junction in Cumberland County and gently drops in elevation as it winds its way southward across the Cumberland Plateau. Near the old mining town of Clifty, the river veers southwest and begins cutting Scott's Gulf as it drops nearly 700 feet (210 m) in elevation in just over 5 miles (8.0 km) before its confluence with Bee Creek at the base of the gorge.
Just over the Oklahoma state line, the Caney Valley KS boys and girls basketball seasons both came to an end in the Kansas Class 3A Sub-State playoffs.
The Smith Fork then empties into the Caney Fork River under a railroad bridge along the Nashville and Eastern Railroad, a place known as Seabowisha. [1] An urban legend exists that Smith Fork Creek is the longest creek in the world at 99 miles (159 km) and that a stream must be at least 100 miles (160 km) long to be called a river. [5]
River City Grill, in Irvington for 25 years, is closing Feb. 10. A new restaurant called Club Car Grille will open in its place come the end of March. Photographed Feb. 3, 2024