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Tim Thornton

In North Carolina, more than twenty-six miles of the New River has been declared Wild and Scenic by both the state and federal governments. This is where Dog Creek joins the New, where the Wild and Scenic section begins

Floating the New

The National Committee for the New River is floating from Boone, NC to Gauley Bridge, W.Va., where the New joins the Gauley to form the Kanawha. Tim Thornton is paddling along and dropping a line whenever he can find a wireless connection.
A stop at Camp Dickenson along the New River.

Conservation at Camp Dickenson

The National Committee for the New River is floating from Boone, N.C. to Gauley Bridge, W.Va., where the New joins the Gauley to form the Kanawha. Tim Thornton is paddling along and dropping a line whenever he can find a wireless connection.
Used Boats Ivanhoe

New River Float: Ivanhoe to Foster Falls

The National Committee for the New River organized a float this summer from Boone, N.C. to Gauley Bridge, W.Va., where the New joins the Gauley to form the Kanawha. Tim Thornton paddled along and dropped a line whenever he found a wireless connection
A railroad bridge crosses the New upriver from Gauley Bridge; The Dries are beyond the fog.

Where the New River Disappears

It’s called The Dries. Between Hawks Nest Dam and a power plant just upriver from Gauley Bridge, the New River almost disappears. Most of the river is diverted into a three-mile long tunnel dug in the 1930s to provide power for a chemical plant.
Water flowing out of that rock wall is Dog Creek, the beginning of the only section of the New that’s officially Wild and Scenic.

Kayaking the New River

I knew I shouldn’t do it. It was a tight target, just about a kayak wide. A little to the right and I was going over a ledge into a hole if I didn’t get hung up on the rocks first...
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