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John Nation helps paddle the canoe during the Ohio River Way Challenge, Thursday, June 6, 2024, on the Ohio River in Cincinnati. A team of people on canoes are making a 250-mile trip down the Ohio ...
The Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area is a national, bi-state area on the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States, administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in partnership with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Federal status was awarded in 1981.
Henderson Bridge (Ohio River) CSX Transportation: Union Township and Henderson: 1932 Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges: US 41: Evansville and Henderson (crosses the river entirely within the state of Kentucky at this point) 1932, 1965
Fossil formations (Devonian Jeffersonville Limestone) found along the shores of the Ohio River. View of the fossil bed from the overlook. The park includes an interpretive center open to the public. In 1990, the Indiana state government hired Terry Chase, a well-established exhibit developer, to design the center's displays.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service established the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge more than 30 years ago to protect islands all along the Ohio, but most of the preserved land is along ...
The Ohio River Water Trail was conceived and developed by Dr. Vincent Troia, Executive Director of the Ohio River Trail Council. [5] The Ohio River Water Trail project originated in 2010 to develop a dedicated safe route for boats that provides a destination for canoeing, kayaking, fishing, small motorized watercraft, and other recreation.
The Ohio River at Cairo is 281,500 cu ft/s (7,960 m 3 /s); [1] and the Mississippi River at Thebes, Illinois, which is upstream of the confluence, is 208,200 cu ft/s (5,897 m 3 /s). [66] The Ohio River flow is greater than that of the Mississippi River, so hydrologically the Ohio River is the main stream of the river system.
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge The Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (ORINWR) is a National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in non-contiguous sites consisting of islands along 362 miles (583 km) [ 2 ] of the Ohio River , primarily (85% of acreage) [ 3 ] in the U.S. state of West Virginia .