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Machicomoco State Park is a state park in Gloucester County, Virginia along the York River. The park shares the stories of indigenous peoples like those of the Powhatan Confederacy . It encompasses the nearby Catlett Islands and is administrated under the same banner as Middle Peninsula State Park . [ 1 ]
The Meramec River (/ ˈ m ɛr ɪ m æ k /), sometimes spelled Maramec River (the original US mapping spelled it Maramec but later changed it to Meramec), is one of the longest free-flowing waterways in the U.S. state of Missouri, draining 3,980 square miles (10,300 km 2) [2] while wandering 218 miles (351 km) [3] from headwaters southeast of Salem to where it empties into the Mississippi River ...
Route 66 State Park is a public recreation area located on the Meramec River at the site of the former town of Times Beach, Missouri. [5] The state park encompasses 419 acres (170 ha) one mile (1.6 km) east of Eureka .
Meramec River at Onondaga Cave State Park. The U.S. Congress had approved the building of a dam near Pacific, Missouri in 1938 to help control the flooding of the Meramec River, which had devastated the lower river basin in 1915 and 1944. [7] The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed relocating the dam upstream at Meramec State Park in 1943 ...
Castlewood State Park is a public recreation area and Missouri state park occupying 1,818 acres (736 ha) which straddles the Meramec River in St. Louis County, Missouri.The most visited section of the state park lies on the north side of the Meramec; the park acreage on the south side of the river is accessed from Lone Elk County Park and includes the World Bird Sanctuary.
Meramec State Park is a public recreation area located near Sullivan, Missouri, about 60 miles from St. Louis, along the Meramec River. [4] The park has diverse ecosystems such as hardwood forests and glades. There are over 40 caves located throughout the park, the bedrock is dolomite. The most famous is Fisher Cave, located near the campgrounds.
Ohio River (KY, WV) Big Sandy River (KY) Levisa Fork. Russell Fork. Pound River. Cranes Nest River; McClure River; Home Creek; Slate Creek; Dismal Creek (tributary of Levisa Fork) Tug Fork. Knox Creek; Dry Fork; New River drainage basin. Kanawha River (WV) New River. Bluestone River; East River; Wolf Creek; Walker Creek. Little Walker Creek ...
The name "Big River" is a translation of the French Grande Rivière. [5] According to the National Weather Service, the maximum flood stage of the Big River at Byrnes Mill occurred on August 21, 1915, and was 30.20 feet (9.20 m), with a flow of roughly 80,000 cubic feet (2,300 m 3) per second. Flood stage at Byrnes Mill is 16 feet (4.9 m).