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	Rappahannock River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name of the river comes from an Algonquian language word lappihanne (also noted as toppehannock), meaning "river of quick, rising water" or "where the tide ebbs and flows." This name was taken from the name given to it by the local native population the Rappahannock Tribe.
		The settlement of the river valley began in the 1710s with the urging of Governor Alexander Spotswood.
		The defensive line of the river was finally circumvented by Ulysses S. Grant in the Overland Campaign of 1865, resulting in the final Union victory in the war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rappahannock_River (523 words)

	VCI - Rappahannock Tribe
		In 1607, the Rappahannock were the dominant tribe of the Rappahannock River valley, maintaining thirteen villages along the north and south banks of the river that bears their name.
		The Rappahannock territory encompassed lands in the modern counties of Richmond, Northumberland, Lancaster, Essex, and Caroline.
		Their mission is to preserve Rappahannock culture and social/political structures, establish a tribal land/trust, and implement housing and economic development projects while educating the public on the rich contributions they have made and continue to make to Virginia and the nation.
	indians.vipnet.org /tribes/rappahannock.cfm (407 words)

	Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is the newest of four refuges that comprise the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
		Shorebirds, neotropical migrant songbirds, raptors, and marsh birds rely on the Rappahannock River's corridors during the spring and fall migration periods.
		Establishment of the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge was formally proposed in 1994, and the first tract was acquired in 1996.
	www.fws.gov /refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=51622 (731 words)

	Rappahanock River Basin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Rappahannock River begins as streams flowing from the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge mountains, flows southeast through the fall line at Fredericksburg (where freshwater and tidal effects meet), and ends as a wide estuarine river that meets the Chesapeake Bay (Rappahannock River Basin Atlas and GIS Database).
		The Rappahannock river is 184-miles long, and is joined by the Rapidan river at a confluence approximately ten miles northwest of Fredericksburg (Figure 2).
		The Rappahannock River basin is 2,725 square miles in area, with a maximum width of fifty miles in the headwaters, and a minimum width of ten miles just north of Fredericksburg (Soil and Water Conservation Tributary Strategy) (Figure 1.1).
	www.iwr.usace.army.mil /iwr/svp/rappahannock.htm (2091 words)

	VDGIF > Fishing > Rivers > Rappahannock River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Rappahannock River flows from its origin at Chester Gap in Fauquier County approximately 184 miles to the Chesapeake Bay.
		The Rappahannock River’s character changes abruptly in Fredericksburg at the fall line (the limit of tidal influence).
		Stafford County has passed a resolution requesting that the closed section of river from Interstate 95 down to the former dam site be reopened to boating and the VDGIF has officially honored that request and reopened that stretch of river.
	www.dgif.state.va.us /fishing/rivers/rappahannock (720 words)

	Rappahannock River Tributary Strategy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The river's basin stretches from Rappahannock County to Chesapeake Bay in Lancaster County.
		The Rappahannock is 184 miles long, and its drainage basin varies in width from 50 to 10 miles.
		In 1998, the state identified 14 segments of Rappahannock River as "impaired waters." These include seven segments in the upper region, three in the central region and four in the lower region.
	www.dcr.state.va.us /sw/rrtrib.htm (2062 words)

	Fredericksburg.com - The Rappahannock Canal was one of the region's most impressive transportation projects--and a ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This engineering marvel was the Rappahannock River navigation system, canals built by hand over a 20-year span in the mid-1800s.
		The canal was endorsed by the legislature in 1811.
		Rappahannock bateaux were probably similar to the ones being used on the Potomac and James river canals--shallow-draft oak boats measuring 65 by 9 feet, and capable of carrying 200 or more barrels of cargo.
	fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/2003/052003/05252003/976222 (2341 words)

	Rappahannock River Basin Atlas & GIS Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Rappahannock River Basin Atlas and GIS Database Project is a cooperative effort of the four Planning District Commissions encompassing the majority of area in the Rappahannock River watershed.
		The Rappahannock River Basin or Watershed includes the land and water drainage area that flows to the Rappahannock River.
		The Rappahannock River Basin Atlas and GIS Database was funded through a Rappahannock River Basin Grant of $45,000 managed by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.
	www.rappriverbasin.state.va.us /atlas (1282 words)

	DCR - The Health of Virginia’s Waterways Begins in Your Backyard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Rappahannock River watershed is about 2,715 square miles, comprising about 6.8 percent of Virginia’s land area, and 4 percent of the entire Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
		The 184-mile-long Rappahannock River has its headwaters in Rappahannock and Fauquier Counties, and the river empties into the Chesapeake Bay between Lancaster and Middlesex Counties.
		The Embrey Dam currently blocks the Rappahannock River at the fall line in Fredericksburg, restricting the spawning habitat of anadramous shad and herring fisheries.
	www.state.va.us /dcr/waterways/the_problem/watersheds_and_you/p_rappahannock_river.htm (226 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Dam Explosion to Free the Rappahannock
		Hundreds of spectators are expected to crowd the banks of the Rappahannock River to see military divers and munitions experts set off 650 pounds of plastic explosives under the 94-year-old Embrey Dam, blowing a 100-foot hole in it to let the river run free again.
		Boaters, however, will have to wait, as the river around the dam is expected to be closed for one to two years while chunks of concrete and steel are removed.
		Although river advocates had been pushing for it since the 1980s, it wasn't until the mid-1990s, when city officials faced high maintenance costs and a growing concern about accidents, that they decided to join Spotsylvania County in building a new water treatment plant.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A61112-2004Feb21?language=printer (1328 words)

	SVM-Rappahannock River Basin Diagram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Rappahannock River Basin is located in eastern Virginia (Figure 1), and is currently engaged in a basin-wide water supply planning effort.
		The Rappahannock River Basin Commission (RRBC) is heading the basin-wide water supply planning project to identify how to satisfy different consumptive and non-consumptive uses of the River now and for the future.
		Figure 2 shows the counties in the Rappahannock River Basin and the location of the two major rivers, the Rapidan River and Rappahannock River.
	www.iwr.usace.army.mil /iwr/svp/svmrappahannock.htm (453 words)

	Rappahannock Tribe History
		The Rappahannock's territory on the south side of the Rappahannock River was their primary hunting grounds.
		By the late 1660s, encroaching settlers and frontier vigilantes forced the Rappahannocks to move, first inland on the north side of the Rappahannock River and later to their ancestral hunting grounds on the south side of the river.
		The Rappahannocks are currently engaged in a number of projects ranging from cultural and educational to social and economic development programs, all geared to strengthen and sustain their community.
	rappahannocktribe.org /history.html (812 words)

	Rappahannock County, Virginia - Piedmont Environmental Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Rappahannock County, 2,714 acres were preserved for a grand total of 23,009 acres conserved in the County.
		The Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, and the Rappahannock County Conservation Alliance are both local organizations that serve to monitor existing environmental issues in the county.
		The Rappahannock PEC office was proud to be part of the exciting transformation at Flatwood, where Rappahannock residents take their garbage and recycling.
	www.pecva.org /counties/rappahannock/rappahannock.asp (935 words)

	American Whitewater - NWRI - Rappahannock 1. Route 647 (near confluence with Jordan R.) to Route 211 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		More of a creek than a river at this point, the upper Rappahannock is a swift flowing stream featuring tight maneuvering, downed trees, abundant wildlife and beautiful rock formations.
		Regarding the Rappahannock from 647 — 645, as of 4/24/05 there is one tree completely blocking the river and we had to portage around it over the bank on the left.
		There is another tree partially blocking the river — it is a fairly tricky maneuver to get around the tree on the right side — I would probably not advise trying this maneuver at higher water.
	www.americanwhitewater.org /rivers/id/1998 (649 words)

	VDGIF > Fishing > Embrey Dam
		With the dam in place, the Rappahannock River is impassible above Fredericksburg to anadromous fishes during their annual voyage from the Chesapeake Bay, causing many miles of potential spawning habitat to be lost.
		The total number of pounds of American shad caught in the James, Rappahannock, and York Rivers and the Chesapeake Bay declined sharply from 8 million pounds in 1900 to a mere 5,000 pounds in 1990, due in part to loss of spawning habitat caused by dam construction.
		The Rappahannock River is one of Virginia's top destinations for smallmouth bass angling, canoeing and camping along an almost completely unspoiled historical river corridor.
	www.dgif.state.va.us /fishing/embrey_dam.html (536 words)

	Rappahannock Station 7th Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, Hays Brigade, C.S.A
		Little was accomplished, how- ever, and in late October General Robert E. Lee with- drew his Confederate army behind the Rappahannock River, a line he hoped to maintain throughout the win- ter.
		Confederate troops south of the Rappahannock looked on helplessly as Union soldiers herded their comrades to the rear as prisoners of war.
		Rappahannock Station is today known as Remington and lies about halfway between Warrenton and Culpeper.
	www.rcwd.com /7thlouisiana/rappahannock2.htm (1661 words)

	Rappahannock River Water Trail - General Site Info - Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Development of a water trail along a portion of the Rappahannock is being coordinated by the Friends of the Rappahannock in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.
		River conditions can be expected to change due to the recent removal of the dams and related sediment.
		The Rappahannock River is now the longest free-flowing river on the United States east coast.
	www.baygateways.net /general.cfm?id=138 (371 words)

	Fredericksburg.com - Rappahannock River didn't flood, this time
		Large chunks of ice scoured from the wooded, muddy banks also sailed swiftly down a river that was the color of a cup of coffee with cream.
		It is where the white-water section of the river concludes its long "fall" down from the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
		From Fredericksburg downstream, the river is an ever-widening tidal estuary--a long finger of the Chesapeake Bay.
	www.freelancestar.com /News/FLS/2003/022003/02262003/890401 (718 words)

	Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, Rappahannock County, Virginia
		Rappahannock County, Virginia landowners placed 2,735 acres in conservation easement in 2005, bringing the total acreage of land preserved in the county to 23,158 acres, 17 percent of all private land in the county.
		While acknowledging that Tier III protection of the Hazel River is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, sadly, on December 12, the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors voted to send a letter to the DEQ stating their opposition to Tier III designation of the Hazel.
		The Civil War monument on the grounds of the Rappahannock County courthouse in Washington is deteriorating so badly that in a few years it may be beyond repair, an expert on monument restoration has advised RLEP officials.
	www.rlep.org (1032 words)

	Clore Bros. Outfitters
		The river usually runs at an optimum level, the days are warm to hot and the nights are cool enough for good sleeping.
		The river starts to slow down, revealing it's beautiful character, as the fascinating rock formations start to expose themselves and the lush green patches of river grass spring up everywhere.
		River traffic is very slow, but the fishing is excellent and the fall foliage spectacular.
	members.aol.com /clorebros (1647 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Summit IV (The Fourth Annual Summit on the Rappahannock River Basin) is to be held August 15, 2001, beginning at 8:30 a.m., at the Riverside Conference Center, in Stafford County.
		Farmers and others who depend on the Rappahannock River for their livelihood are frustrated by the Army Corps of Engineers’ hesitation to dredge the Rappahannock.
		Friends of the Rappahannock Director John Tippett estimated that 43% of the banks of the Rappahannock have marginal erosion, 32% have moderate erosion, and 4% of the banks are severely eroded.
	www.rappriverbasin.state.va.us /newsletters\July01nwsltr.htm (1015 words)

	Rappanhannock River
		The watershed is between the Potomac-Shenandoah Watershed to the north and the James River Watershed to the south.
		Some say the river rises in Fauquier County on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains, near a town in adjacent Rappahannock County called Chester Gap.
		In any event, the river is fed by a substantial number of streams coming down the slopes of the Blue Ridge and flows southeastward past Fredericksburg to enter Chesapeake Bay after a course of 212 miles (some say 184 miles).
	www.talkingproud.us /VirginiaRappaR.html (476 words)

	Times Community Newspapers - Rappahannock River runs free
		For the first time since 1854, the Rappahannock River flows free from the Shenandoah Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic beyond, allowing the American shad and the blueback herring to spawn its length and increasing recreational activities and tourism in Rappahannock County and elsewhere in the state.
		Rappahannock County Administrator John McCarthy will brief the Board of Supervisors on the dam removal Monday.
		River advocates have been pushing to remove the dam since the 1980s when a world wide anti-dam movement was getting underway.
	www.zwire.com /site/tab4.cfm?newsid=11025543&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506086&rfi=6 (383 words)

	Title page for ETD etd-02262000-14260032 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Inherent in river is a dual nature: it is a dynamic, flooding entity which never moves but causes movement.
		The river's character becomes apparent through the life of the town and the provision through trade and industry.
		River, in this case, has a more static quality as it becomes a constant, a known factor in the life of a man. The dynamic of river shows forth when its character changes faces to overtake the town which grew from its edge.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /theses/available/etd-02262000-14260032 (139 words)

	The Rappahannock River Watershed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Rappahannock River stretches 184 miles from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay, starting out running over the rolling hills and then moving down into flatter country (pictures of upper, middle, lower basin).
		Although the Rappahannock has historically been considered one of the nations most pristine rivers, it is now facing many problems.
		Water quality monitoring throughout the Rappahannock has indicated that there are increased nutrient and sediment loads entering the river and its tributaries.
	www.rcc.va.nacdnet.org /rappwatershed.htm (334 words)

	New Page 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A federal wildlife refuge of 124 acres is on the river, across the road from this parcel and next to the small 5 lot community.
		Boat landing on the Rappahannock River and U.S. Route 301, near the subject tract.
		This is a river where pirates once roamed, a nation was born, and eagles still soar.
	www.farms-land.com /new_page_4.htm (289 words)

	Stafford County Sun \| Man who drowned in Rappahannock River identified
		Elliott said the river’s current was so strong that it prevented him from getting to the area where the man was last seen.
		Escobar had been fishing with a friend on the Stafford side of the river, while his wife and brother were on the opposite side, said Maj. David Decatur of the sheriff’s office.
		He was the second to drown in the river this year, and the fifth in the last two years.
	www.staffordcountysun.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=SCS/MGArticle/SCS_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031776066768&path=!home (396 words)

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