The Little Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, 169mi (269km) long,[2] in western West Virginia in the United States. Via the Ohio, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 2,320mi² (6,009km²)[3] on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. It served as an important commercial water route in the early history of West Virginia, particularly in the logging and petroleum industries.[2][4]
River in the United States
Little Kanawha River
The Little Kanawha River just upstream of its mouth in Parkersburg
The Little Kanawha rises in southern Upshur County, approximately 20mi (32km) south of Buckhannon. It follows a meandering course generally west-northwestwardly, through Lewis, Braxton, Gilmer, Calhoun, Wirt and Wood Counties, past the communities of Burnsville, Stouts Mills, Sand Fork, Glenville, Grantsville, Bigbend, Creston, Burning Springs, Palestine, Elizabeth, and Newark, to its mouth at the Ohio River in Parkersburg.[5]
About 3mi (5km) upstream of Burnsville,[6] a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam causes the river to form Burnsville Lake, which was completed in 1976 at a cost of $56.2 million.[7]
Additionally, a minor tributary near Grantsville is known as the Bull River; despite being named a "river," it is no larger than dozens of other small streams that flow into the Little Kanawha.[5]
Name
The Little Kanawha River was named for its smaller size relative to the nearby Kanawha River.[8]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Little Kanawha River has also been known as:[9]
Gilchrist-Stalnaker, Joy Gregoire. 2006. "Little Kanawha River." The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. ISBN0-9778498-0-5.
Willis, Todd C. (ed.) 1987. "Length of rivers and watershed areas in West Virginia." West Virginia Blue Book. Vol. 71.
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