The raging Gauley River has just bucked me off my raft and sucked me into its depths, swishing me around like a mouthful of Listerine before spitting me out downstream. I emerge unscathed ...

and also the Kanawha River below the junction, together with the road running across the Gauley and along the opposite bank, communicating with Gen. BENHAM's camp further down the Kanawha.

To prepare for Gauley Fest, all year, whitewater paddlers train - both for the river and, paddlers often joke, for the after-party, which has a reputation of going all night. Gauley Fest is the ...

The position of the forces on Saturday evening was as follows: The rebels were in possession of the left or west bank of New River; Gen. SCHENKS' Brigade a few miles above the junction of Gauley ...

(WBOY) — West Virginia’s Gauley River was recently named the 10th most endangered river in the United States by American Rivers, a clean water advocacy group. American Rivers puts out yearly l ...

GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — Friday kicks off the Gauley White Water Rafting season along the Gauley River – a season that attracts hundreds and thousands of visitors from out of state. On a recent appe ...

151; -- For Heather Lukacs of Russellville, W. Va., a favorite part of the Gauley River is near a break in a 100-foot rock wall where Canyon Doors Rapid forms standing waves. With a lifetime of ...

Stick with the locals, who favor the Upper Gauley River rather than the busier New River. Upper and Lower Gauley offer 28 miles of nonstop action through 150 rapids ranging from Class III (medium ...