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Map showing Gauley River

Battle at Carnifex Ferry, Carnifex Ferry Battlefield, Nicholas County

Historians are unsure how the Gauley River in south-central West Virginia was named. The lower river is now the centerpiece of the Gauley River National Recreation Area and a destination for whitewater rafting.

Read also: Five little-known facts about rafting the Gauley River

Battle at Carnifex Ferry

Within the National Recreation Area

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