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  Coshocton County, Ohio History
The Walhonding or White Woman river is formed in the northwestern part of the township by the junction of the Mohican river and Owl creek, the former flowing south from Tiverton township, the latter in a southeasterly direction from Knox county; thence the river flows eastwardly by a winding course and enters Jefferson township.
The surface from the river rises for a mile or two to the south and there forms a water shed, the land further south being drained by streamlets flowing in an opposite direction Tomica creek in the southwestern part of the township is the most noticeable of these.
Geographically, it lies in the northwest corner of the county, and iS bounded on the north by Holmes county, on the east by Monroe township, on the south by New Castle township and on the west by Union township, Knox county.
www.heritagepursuit.com /Coshocton/cofile5.htm   (22084 words)

  
 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District - Mohawk Dam
River access below the dam is via the gravel road through the recreation area.
Mohawk Dam Campground is located beside the Walhonding River below the dam on SR 715.
Remnants of the historical Walhonding Canal and its associated "locks" are located along the length of the Walhonding River from Coshocton to Cavello Station.
www.lrh.usace.army.mil /projects/lakes/mkw   (1313 words)

  
 American Whitewater - NWRI - Kokosing Gambier to Walhonding River
Just downstream, the river narrows and bends to the left under some low hanging branches.
Above 5' on the bridge, fun boofs off "munchie" can be had and above 7' the river right side opens up a huge surf wave and hole...roll quick to avoid the trees down stream at this level.
After some flat water (campground river right) and a minor class 1 riffle the river bends to the right at a large downstream ramping boulder with an auto eddy.
www.americanwhitewater.org /content/River/detail/id/2869   (459 words)

  
 biking
Mt.Vernon is in the Kokosing River basin and Danville is in the Mohican River basin.
Lawson reported that the town of Walhonding was moved from the lock area up to the present higher ground due to the 1937 flood which could be the first use of the 1935 flood control dam.
At Roscoe Village, the Walhonding canal, and the Tuscarawas canal which aqueducts across the Walhonding River a bit to the north, joined to form one canal which flowed south, hugging the western hills of the Muskingum Valley.
www.angelfire.com /my/harv/bike/4h/4h.htm   (1271 words)

  
 Ohio &
The Walhonding River was crossed on a triple span aqueduct.
The southern terminus of the Ohio and Erie Canal was at Portsmouth.
This southern termination was in the mouth of the Scioto River which put it in jeopardy of continual flooding from both the Scioto and Ohio Rivers or even both.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Prairie/6687/ohio.htm   (1955 words)

  
 Tuscarawas River Definition / Tuscarawas River Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Tuscarawas, colloquially the Tusk, is a medium-sized river in northeastern OhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the northeastern corner of the United States.
In Barberton, the river turns southward and the former path of the Ohio and Erie CanalThe Ohio and Erie Canal was built in the 1800s and connected the Ohio River at Portsmouth and Lake Erie at Cleveland, Ohio.
Tuscarawas River is a tributary of the Muskingum River.
www.elresearch.com /Tuscarawas_River   (344 words)

  
 Wildernet - Mohawk Dam
However, the Walhonding River is popular for canoeing and fishing.
Walhonding River access can be reached below the dam via the gravel road through the recreation area.
Fishing along the Walhonding River is permitted along the tail waters below the dam.
areas.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=US0561&CU_ID=1   (1181 words)

  
 Great Lakes Ecosystems: Ecologically Rich Areas -June 1999 Draft
The watersheds of the Muskingum River, Walhonding River, Killbuck Creek, and Wakatomika Creek are on the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife’s "List of Priority Watersheds" in Ohio based on aquatic wildlife diversity.
The Morgan Swamp Preserve, found along the Grand River, protects 900 acres of one of the largest undeveloped interior wetlands in Ohio and is managed by The Nature Conservancy.
The Maumee River Area of Concern is focusing on impairments that are the result of agricultural runoff, combined sewer overflows, and contaminated sediments.
www.epa.gov /glnpo/ecopage/R5/era/OH-areas.html   (4944 words)

  
 The Kokosing River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, the Kokosing River Valley was shared by several tribes, including Huron, Shawnee, Wyandottes and Delaware, who used the region for hunting.
East of Mount Vernon the river passes through a deep valley (the gorge 220 feet deep was created by glacial melt flow some 15,000 years ago) and hardwood forest; further downstream it flows over bedrock and boulder and through sandstone cliffs, which sometimes are lined with hemlock forest.
About one quarter of the Kokosing River is bordered by forest, and this leads to a high diversity of trees, wildflowers, birds, and mammals in the riparian area.
www2.kenyon.edu /Bfec/kksngfct.htm   (554 words)

  
 NWC - National Water Conditions
The Kenai River at Cooper Landing, Alaska, and the Tenana River at Nenana, Alaska were below-normal at 52 and 89 percent of median, respectively.
The East Branch of North Fork Wailua River near Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, was at 209 percent of the long-term January median.
The combined flow of the three largest rivers in the lower 48 states-- The St. Lawrence, the Columbia and the Mississippi--decreased by 13 percent from last month to 1,095,000 cubic feet per second (ft3/s).
water.usgs.gov /nwc/back_issues/jan97_cov.html   (1015 words)

  
 Walhonding, Ohio - links to government resources and information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Josephs River in Williams County, Ohio, and Hillsdale County, Michigan; Walhonding River in Coshocton County, Ohio; East Fork of the West Branch of the St....
Mosquito Creek; Pymatuning Creek; Sandusky River; Walhonding River; West Branch Mahoning River; All Ohio Rivers.
Ohio River; Allegheny River (Hemlock Creek), Monongahela River, Beaver River (Duck Creek), Muskingum River (Tuscarawas River, Walhonding River [Mohican River...
www.us-news-watch.com /Ohio/Walhonding.html   (486 words)

  
 Water Resources of Morrow County AEX-480.59
The Kokosing River basin in Morrow County is drained by South Branch and Sylvester Run, which flow to the Kokosing River.
A portion of the Clear Fork Reservoir is located in the county, and Morrow County contributes to the draining of this basin.
The Kokosing River flows east out of Morrow County to the Walhonding River and eventually turns south as it contributes to the formation of the Muskingum River.
ohioline.osu.edu /aex-fact/0480_59.html   (2819 words)

  
 New Jersey Indian Tribes
Greentown, on the Black Fork of Mohican River near the boundary of Richland and Ashland Counties, Ohio.
About 1770 they received permission from the Miami and Piankashaw to settle between the Ohio and White Rivers, Ind. In 1789, by permission of the Spanish government, a part moved to Missouri and later to Arkansas, along with a band of Shawnee, and by 1820 they had found their way to Texas.
In Ontario, Canada, are three bands, the Delawares of Grand River, near Hagersville; the Moravians of the Thames, near Bothwell; and the Munceys of the Thames, near Muncey nearly all of whom are of the Munsee division.
www.accessgenealogy.com /native/newjersey   (2856 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Tuscarawas River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Tuscarawas, colloquially the Tusk, is a medium-sized river in northeastern Ohio, an important tributary of the Muskingum.
In Barberton, the river turns southward and the former path of the Ohio and Erie Canal runs side by side with the river for much of its length.
The Tuscarawas continues through (among other places) Clinton, Canal Fulton, Massillon, Navarre, Bolivar, Zoarville, Dover, New Philadelphia, Gnadenhutten, Port Washington, Newcomerstown before joining the Walhonding River to form the Muskingum near Coshocton.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tuscarawas-River   (191 words)

  
 Swtext New Jersey Tribes 1d
Catskill, on Catskill Creek, Greene County, N. Mamekoting, in Mamakating Valley, west of the Shawangunk Mountains, N. Minisink, on the headwaters of Delaware River in the southwestern part of Ulster and Orange Counties, N. and the adjacent parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Hackensack, in the valleys of Hackensack and Passaic Rivers.
Au Glaize, on a southeastern branch of Maumee River, Ohio.
www.hiddenhistory.com /PAGE3/swsts/nujers-1.HTM   (2940 words)

  
 FINAL RULE: NORTHERN RIFFLESHELL/CLUBSHELL MUSSEL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The newly rediscovered Elk River population of the clubshell in West Virginia could be affected by plans for deep coal mining in the watershed, which might create sedimentation, heavy metal leaching, and acidification of the water.
The rivers and streams preferred by the clubshell are medium to small rivers and streams, and disease has not been documented as a factor affecting its population dynamics.
For example, the recently rediscovered populations of the clubshell in the Elk River in West Virginia is threatened by the acceleration of coal mining in the watershed; potential Federal involvement in such coal mining operations includes permitting by the Office of Surface Mining and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
endangered.fws.gov /r/fr93488.html   (3265 words)

  
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However, flows in Sugar Creek and the Tuscarawas and Walhonding Rivers may be higher than earlier in the week.
Low lying areas along the Walhonding River in the vicinity of Nellie and Warsaw will be affected.
Travel trailers along the river should be moved to higher ground.
www.lrd.usace.army.mil /_kd/go.cfm?destination=ShowItem&Item_ID=1314   (402 words)

  
 Coshocton, Ohio (Cities)
Coshocton is located in east central Coshocton County (of which it is the county seat) north of Zanesville along Highway 83 and 541 on the banks of the Tuscarawas River.
The population estimate for July 1, 1998 was 12,183, a decrease of 10 since 1990.
Fishing opportunities abound as the Walhonding River and the Tuscawaras River flow together creating the Muskingum river in the city's northwest section.
www.ohwy.com /oh/c/coshocto.htm   (257 words)

  
 Walhonding Hills Campgrounds, Ohio camping
The natural beauty of Ohio is what attracts campers to Walhonding Hills Campgrounds, Walhonding Hills Campgrounds is a good place to enjoy the outdoors.
Walhonding Hills Campgrounds is popular with the locals as well as with visitors from far away, you're sure to like Walhonding Hills Campgrounds too.
Licking River, Ohio, Newark to Rock Haven Park, 14 miles away, class I, 8.6 miles long.
www.hikercentral.com /campgrounds/109150.html   (524 words)

  
 Coschocton County, Ohio
The name is a Delaware word, and is derived from that of the Indian village Goschachgunk, which is represented on a map in Loskiel as having stood north of the mouth of the Tuscarawas river, in the fork formed by its Junction with the Walhonding.
The Walhonding canal, which extends to the village of Rochester, a distance of twenty-five miles, unites with the Ohio canal at Roscoe.
But the Ohio Indians, particularly the Shawnees of the Scioto river, and the Delawares of the Muskingum, still continued their robberies and murders along the frontier of Pennsylvania; and so Col. Bouquet determined to proceed with his division, notwithstanding the peace of Gen. Bradstreet, which did not include the Shawnees and Delawares.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~henryhowesbook/conshocton.html   (8192 words)

  
 NWS Flood Summary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Recent heavy rainfall across parts of the lower Mississippi River valley and the Ohio River valley have caused rises on some rivers.
Flooding continues in the western portion of the county near the village of Warsaw, near the Mohawk Dam, where ice is jammed on the Walhonding River.
The flood warning for the ice jammed section of the Allegheny River near Parker continued last night.
www.nws.noaa.gov /oh/hic/archive/1997/970129.htm   (203 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Latecki came up with the idea of the river trip as a unique way to raise awareness of the disease.
People all along the rivers let me stay in their homes, shared meals with me, and let me use their showers.
From there, he made his way to the Muskingum River, which took him to the Ohio River and more than 800 miles later, to the Mississippi.
www.mult-sclerosis.org /news/Oct2001/PaddlingForMS.html   (369 words)

  
 http://www.ohiosci.org/OHIOSCIENCE200APPENDIX.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
These vessels were needed to fight the Barbary pirates and constituted a new class of warship which possessed many revolutionary innovations, giving them the speed of lighter vessels and the fire power of a heavier class.
Zane used the historic buffalo crossing place on the Ohio River at Maysville (earlier called Limestone because of the shallow riffles that were once visible in the river bottom) as the beginning of his road and followed the buffalo trail (known as the Buffalo Trace) part of the way across Ohio.
This 87-m long vessel was built by the Globe Ship Building Company in their yards on the Cuyahoga River and for several years was the largest weight capacity ore carrier on the Great Lakes [20,78].
www.ohiosci.org /OHIOSCIENCE200APPENDIX.htm   (16411 words)

  
 tnc2
Further south, the unglaciated region is characterized by high hills, sharp ridges, and narrow valleys.
Here large tracts of forest dot the region and numerous rivers and streams make their way to the Ohio River.
Although the bison, elk, mountain lion, and timber wolf that once roamed the landscape are gone, much remains.
www.propertyrightsresearch.org /tnc2.htm   (850 words)

  
 Ohio River Valley Ecosystem Team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The spectaclecase and sheepnose are large river species known from the upper portions of the Mississippi River system, while the rayed bean is a smaller stream species known from the Ohio River and middle Great Lakes drainages.
The impact of coal-mining waste on endangered mussel populations in the Powell River, Lee County, Virginia.
Proceedings of the UMRCC symposium on Upper Mississippi River bivalve mollusks.
orve.fws.gov /online_symposium_three_mussels.html   (3772 words)

  
 Ohio's Historic Canals, Canal Society Of Ohio
Outlet Lock, which lowered canalboats from the canal into the Ohio River, 1 mile W of boat ramp along abandoned Old River Road.
Four-mile hiking trail along water-filled canal from Geiger Park N through St. Marys and the St. Marys River valley to Forty Acre Pond, a widewater of the canal.
Flight of five locks that lowered canalboats 67 feet in a half-mile from the Loramie Summit to Loramie Creek and on to the Miami River valley.
my.ohio.voyager.net /~lstevens/canal   (1175 words)

  
 Roscoe Colonial Camp Grounds, Ohio camping
Kokosing River, Ohio, Gambier to Walhonding River, 30 miles away, class I-II, 12 miles long.
Licking River, Ohio, Newark to Rock Haven Park, 31 miles away, class I, 8.6 miles long.
Cuyahoga River, Ohio, Ira Road to Route 303, 54 miles away, class I, 6.8 miles long.
www.hikercentral.com /campgrounds/109090.html   (746 words)

  
 Watershed district in need of work | mountvernonnews.com
Included in the work which must be done would be local projects identified by officials in the 18 counties in the watershed.
Knox County is part of the Walhonding River Region, one of the three regions which make up the MWCD, the largest conservancy district in the state — covering about 20 percent of the state.
The MWCD was established on June 3, 1933, in accordance with Ohio Revised Code Chapter 6101, to carry out a comprehensive flood control and water conservation project in the Muskingum River Watershed, and to secure the necessary financial cooperation between and among individual property owners and the local, state, and federal government.
www.mountvernonnews.com /local/080205/kno.com.html   (879 words)

  
 Jonah's Aquarium... Walhonding River North of Coshocton Ohio
Don't know if Tom Payne or Larry James are on this list, but I'm sure they still remember our trip to the Walhonding River (north of Coshocton Ohio) with Pat Johnson.
Extensive seining produced no bowfin, as I recall, so we decided they must be hiding in the underground culvert that fed the pond.
This was a square, concrete pipe running some 100 ft under the highway to the river.
www.jonahsaquarium.com /picwalhonding.htm   (277 words)

  
 MWCD Walhonding Region Reservoirs
The Walhonding Region is comprised of Ashland, Richland, Knox and portions of Wayne, Holmes and Coshocton counties.
Thriving businesses and industies in these counties receive flood reduction and protection, helping provide a strong tax base and employment options for the region.
Homes located near streams and tributaries that eventually drain into the Walhonding River are also provided with flood reduction and protection.
www.mwcd.org /region_walhonding.shtml   (116 words)

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