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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Allegheny River, Muskingum River, Kanawha River, Monongahela River, Wabash River, Tennessee River, Wheeling Creek, Little Miami River, Middle Island Creek, Mill Creek, Shade River, Big Sandy River, Saline River, Sandy Creek, Beaver River, Kentucky River, Little Hocking River, Twelvepole Creek, Connoquenessing Creek, Mahoning River, Licking River, Guyandotte River, Scioto River, Symmes Creek, Little Kanawha River, Great Miami River, Green River, Cumberland River, Breakneck Creek, List of tributaries of Wheeling Creek, Slippery Rock Creek, Captina creek, Saw Mill Run, Shenango River, Beargrass Creek, Chartiers Creek, Fourteen Mile Creek, Turtle Creek, Silver Creek, Little Scioto River, Little Sandy River, Duck Creek, Ohio Brush Creek, Tradewater River, Little Muskingum River, Tygarts Creek, Anderson River, Lusk Creek, Muddy Creek, Red Bird River, Raccoon Creek, Pigeon Creek, Chartiers Run, Little Kentucky River. Excerpt: Kanawha River - a.new, #quickbar a.new/* cache key: enwiki: resourceloader: filter: minify-css:5: f2a9127573a22335c2a9102b208c73e7 */ Kanawha River The confluence of the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers at Point Pleasant, West Virginia Winfield Lock and Dam on the Kanawha River at Winfield, West Virginia, 31 miles upriver from the mouth at Point Pleasant. MapAccording to the Geographic Names Information System, the Kanawha River has also been known as: "Ka(ih)nawha" derives from the region's Iroquoian dialects meaning "water way" or "canoe way" implying the metaphor, "transport way," in the local language. The Glottal consonant of the "ih" (stream or river, local Iroquois) dropped out as few European settlers and homesteaders were fluent with any of the dialects of Iroquois. Archaeological artifacts, such as Clovis poi...
