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  2. Coal River (West Virginia) - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. List of rivers of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. New River Gorge National Park and Preserve - Wikipedia

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    President Jimmy Carter signed legislation establishing New River Gorge National River on November 10, 1978 (Pub. L. 95–625).As stated in the legislation, the park was established as a unit of the national park system "for the purpose of conserving and interpreting outstanding natural, scenic, and historic values and objects in and around the New River Gorge, and preserving as a free-flowing ...

  5. Coal River Locks, Dams, and Log Booms Archeological District

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    Coal River Locks, Dams, and Log Booms Archeological District is a national historic district and historic archaeological site located on the Coal River in Boone, Lincoln, and Kanawha County, West Virginia. It consists of an underwater resource depicting the navigation and transportation system used on the Coal River during the late-19th and ...

  6. List of whitewater rivers - Wikipedia

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    The first is close to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, class III. The second section is V to V+ and includes the Great Falls of the Potomac, just 12 miles (19 km) from the center of Washington, D.C. Additionally, there are at least five major "forks" of the Potomac, with some reaching class III - IV (without waterfalls), mostly in West Virginia ...

  7. Waterways of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...