WILLIAMS RIVER (WEST VIRGINIA)

The 'Williams River' is a tributary of the Gauley River, 33 miles (53 km) long,McNeel, William P. "Williams River." ''The West Virginia Encyclopedia''. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. 2006. ISBN 0-9778498-0-5. in east-central West Virginia, USA. Via the Gauley, Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 132 square miles (342 km²) in a sparsely populated region of the southern Allegheny Mountains and the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.DeLorme (1997). ''West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.

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Name

Geography

Fishing

See also

References

External links

Name

The river has also been known historically as the 'South Fork of the Gauley River'. In Webster County, it collects a short tributary known as the 'Middle Fork Williams River',^[1] which itself collects the 'North Branch Middle Fork Williams River'.^[1]

Geography

The Williams River rises in southern Pocahontas County, approximately 5 miles (8 km) west of Marlinton, and flows initially northwardly, then westwardly into southern Webster County, where it joins the Gauley River approximately 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Cowen. It flows for much of its length in the Monongahela National Forest, including the Cranberry Wilderness, in an area that was heavily logged in the early 20th century and has since been reforested. Coal mining activity took place along the river's lower course into the 1970s.

Fishing

The Williams River is regarded as one of the five best trout fishing streams in West Virginia, due to its cold water temperature, low turbidity, and frequent stockings of trout (amounting to 27,000 pounds annually) by the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.^[3]

See also

★ List of West Virginia rivers

References

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3. Monongahela National Forest: Williams River Retrieved on December 15, 2006.

External links

★ Real-time stream data for Williams River