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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.
The history of the Caney Fork from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the 1920s tells the story of entrepreneur after entrepreneur attempting to harness the Caney Fork's alluring power potential only to be defeated by the river's volatile flash-flood tendencies. In his "Ode to the Caney Fork," local poet R.P. Hudson summed up this period:
The town is named after an island on the Caney Fork River just below the confluence of the Rocky River. [2] Rock Island is home to the Great Falls Dam and Rock Island State Park. Many different houses, restaurants, and marinas can be found here. Rock Island is a popular destination during the summer season. It is known for scenic waterfalls and ...
Center Hill Dam, located approximately 26.6 miles (42.8 km) above the mouth of the Caney Fork, has created a reservoir that spans a 68-mile (109 km) stretch of the river between the dam and the Great Falls Dam at Rock Island State Park in adjacent Warren County. Edgar Evins State Park covers the northeast shore of the reservoir immediately ...
none (Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area) Blackburn Fork River: Roaring River: 14.5 mi [2] none (Cummins Falls State Park) Blood River: Tennessee River: Buchanan: Buffalo River: Duck River: 125 mi (201 km) Linden: Calfkiller River: Caney Fork River: 42.4 mi (68.2 km) Sparta: Cane Creek (Caney Fork River tributary) Caney Fork ...
Major tributaries of Center Hill Lake include the Caney Fork (the main tributary) and the Falling Water River. Edgar Evins, Burgess Falls and Rock Island State Parks contain portions of the lake's shoreline, the rest of which has been relatively underdeveloped until recent years. Lately, the area surrounding Center Hill Lake has been the target ...
Plaintiffs in the River Caney community, whose sit along a tiny creek just below one of the strip mines in both Troublesome Creek and the North Fork of the Kentucky River’s watersheds, just ...
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]