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Catawba River { 66 images } Created 19 Nov 2010

The Catawba River, 2008 American River organization's "Most Endangered River in America" due to sedimentation from urban development. Photos, including some aerials, show paddling, swimming, fishing, pollution, trash, infrastructure, sedimentation, scenic beauty, historic Native America fish trap, and Interbasin Transfer protest.
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  • Paddling among the rare Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies, Landsford Canal State Park. The lilies bloom for a few weeks each spring. This is one of the largest populations of these lilies in the world and is a popular paddling destination in the spring.
    Catawba River-01.JPG
  • Authenticated Native American fish trap, Nation Ford Crossing, Catawba River. It is on the National Historic Record
    Catawba River-02.jpg
  • Catawba River at Great Falls, SC  Protected under conservation easement by Katawba Valley Land Trrst
    Catawba River-03.jpg
  • Fishing boat at dawn, catawba River
    Catawba River-04.tif
  • Rope swing, Cane Creek tributary, Catawba River
    Catawba River-05.jpg
  • Kayaking on Cedar Creek Reservoir (Stumpy Pond) near Great Falls, SC. This is the Heritage Tract, protected for a future State Park by Katawba Valley Land Trust
    Catawba River-06.jpg
  • Paddling on Cedar Creek Reservoir, Catawba River at Great Falls, SC. Land around lake protected by Katawba Valley Land Trust forever
    Catawba River-07.jpg
  • Paddling on Cedar Creek Reservoir, Catawba River at Great Falls, SC. Land around lake protected by Katawba Valley Land Trust forever
    Catawba River-08.jpg
  • Paddling on Cedar Creek Reservoir, Catawba River at Great Falls, SC. Land around lake protected by Katawba Valley Land Trust forever
    Catawba River-09.jpg
  • Paddling on Cedar Creek Reservoir, Catawba River at Great Falls, SC. Land around lake protected by Katawba Valley Land Trust forever
    Catawba River-10.jpg
  • Paddling on Cedar Creek Reservoir, Catawba River at Great Falls, SC. Land around lake protected by Katawba Valley Land Trust forever
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  • Cedar creek Reservoir, Catawba River at Great Falls
    Catawba River-12.tif
  • This is the historical great falls of the Catawba River in Chester County, SC. In 1907 the river was diverted for hydro production to power cotton mills, and these rocks have been exposed as a "dry bed" ever since. In 2007 with Duke Energy's hydro relicensing process, Duke agreed to once again pass water through the dam over these rocks for whitewater paddling. The town of Great Falls, which has lost all three of its cotton mills, is economically depressed and hopes that outdoor recreation will some day be a boon to its economy.
    Catawba River-13.tif
  • Survey marker, Catawba River, probably to delineate property put under conservation easement for permanent protection by Katawba Valley Land Trust
    Catawba River-14.tif
  • Rocks, catawba River
    Catawba River-15.tif
  • Rocks, catawba River
    Catawba River-16.tif
  • View of Mountain Island from Hill Island, Cedar Creek Reservoir, Catawba River
    Catawba River-17.tif
  • Paddling among the rare Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies, Landsford Canal State Park. The lilies bloom for a few weeks each spring. This is one of the largest populations of these lilies in the world and is a popular paddling destination in the spring.
    Catawba River-18.JPG
  • Paddling among the rare Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies, Landsford Canal State Park. The lilies bloom for a few weeks each spring. This is one of the largest populations of these lilies in the world and is a popular paddling destination in the spring.
    Catawba River-19.JPG
  • Paddling among the rare Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies, Landsford Canal State Park. The lilies bloom for a few weeks each spring. This is one of the largest populations of these lilies in the world and is a popular paddling destination in the spring.
    Catawba River-20.JPG
  • Paddling among the rare Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies, Landsford Canal State Park. The lilies bloom for a few weeks each spring. This is one of the largest populations of these lilies in the world and is a popular paddling destination in the spring.
    Catawba River-21.JPG
  • Paddling among the rare Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies, Landsford Canal State Park. The lilies bloom for a few weeks each spring. This is one of the largest populations of these lilies in the world and is a popular paddling destination in the spring.
    Catawba River-22.JPG
  • Paddling among the rare Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies, Landsford Canal State Park. The lilies bloom for a few weeks each spring. This is one of the largest populations of these lilies in the world and is a popular paddling destination in the spring.
    Catawba River-23.JPG
  • Paddling among the rare Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies, Landsford Canal State Park. The lilies bloom for a few weeks each spring. This is one of the largest populations of these lilies in the world and is a popular paddling destination in the spring.
    Catawba River-24.JPG
  • Paddling among the rare Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies, Landsford Canal State Park. The lilies bloom for a few weeks each spring. This is one of the largest populations of these lilies in the world and is a popular paddling destination in the spring.
    Catawba River-25.JPG
  • Paddling among the rare Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies, Landsford Canal State Park. The lilies bloom for a few weeks each spring. This is one of the largest populations of these lilies in the world and is a popular paddling destination in the spring.
    Catawba River-26.JPG
  • Paddling among the rare Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies, Landsford Canal State Park. The lilies bloom for a few weeks each spring. This is one of the largest populations of these lilies in the world and is a popular paddling destination in the spring.
    Catawba River-27.JPG
  • Paddling among the rare Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies, Landsford Canal State Park. The lilies bloom for a few weeks each spring. This is one of the largest populations of these lilies in the world and is a popular paddling destination in the spring.
    Catawba River-28.JPG
  • Paddling among the rare Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies, Landsford Canal State Park. The lilies bloom for a few weeks each spring. This is one of the largest populations of these lilies in the world and is a popular paddling destination in the spring.
    Catawba River-29.JPG
  • Abitibi Bowater Pulp and Paper Plant settling ponds on Catawba River
    Catawba River-30.jpg
  • Permitted underwater discharge of industrial waste into the Catawba River near Catawba, South Carolina. Formerly AbitibiBowater, the company is now Resolute Forest Products,a pulp, paper, tissue, and wood products manufacturer headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
    Permitted industrial discharge
  • Shad fisherman, Catawba River near Lancaster, SC
    Catawba River-32.jpg
  • Diesel oil spill resulting from construction accident is contained and absorbed. Tank is town of Belmont's water intake
    Catawba River-33.JPG
  • Diesel oil spill resulting from construction accident is contained and absorbed. Tank is town of Belmont's water intake
    Catawba River-34.tif
  • Diesel oil spill resulting from construction accident is contained and absorbed. Tank is town of Belmont's water intake
    Catawba River-35.JPG
  • Diesel oil spill resulting from construction accident is contained and absorbed
    Catawba River-36.tif
  • Citizens demonstrate to oppose an interbasin transfer of water from the Catawba River in NC to the towns of Concord and Kannapolis in the Yadkin River Basin. The towns asked for 36 million gallons per day. Opponents contended it would cause water shortage for Charlotte and downstream. This man is Terrell Miller from Granite Falls.
    Catawba River-37.TIF
  • Citizens demonstrate to oppose an interbasin transfer of water from the Catawba River in NC to the towns of Concord and Kannapolis in the Yadkin River Basin. The towns asked for 36 million gallons per day. Opponents contended it would cause water shortage for Charlotte and downstream.
    Catawba River-38.JPG
  • Citizens demonstrate to oppose an interbasin transfer of water from the Catawba River in NC to the towns of Concord and Kannapolis in the Yadkin River Basin. The towns asked for 36 million gallons per day. Opponents contended it would cause water shortage for Charlotte and downstream. This man is Terrell Miller from Granite Falls.
    Catawba River-39.JPG
  • Catawba River in South Carolina, designated State Scenic River in the vicinity of the Catawba Indian Reservation in York County. This was the historical Catawba Indian Nation; the Catawba Indian Reservation, which exists in disconnected parcels, is on the west (left) side of this photo.
    Catawba River-40.jpg
  • Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge over the Catawba River in York County, South Carolina..
    Catawba River-43.jpg
  • Rope Swing, Cane Creek trib of Catawba River
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  • Rope swing, Cane Creek tributary, Catawba River
    Catawba River-45.jpg
  • Baptism, Covenent Baptist Church of Lancaster, SC
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  • Sugar Creek tributary enters the Catawba River here
    Catawba River-47.jpg
  • Rrare Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies, Landsford Canal State Park. The lilies bloom for a few weeks each spring. This is one of the largest populations of these lilies in the world and is a popular paddling destination in the spring.
    Catawba River-48.jpg
  • Sugar Creek enters the Catawba River downstream of Charlotte, NC in York County, SC. Sediment and trash enter the Catawba River here more than any other place along the Catawba River, as Sugar Creek collects sediment and trash from the rapidly-developing urban environment. American Rivers, the river watchdog group, named the Catawba River "America's Most Threatened River" in 2008, largely because of sediment, which chokes oxygen, introduces bad nutrients and  compromises water quality.
    Catawba River-49.jpg
  • Sugar Creek enters the Catawba River downstream of Charlotte, NC in York County, SC. Sediment and trash enter the Catawba River here more than any other place along the Catawba River, as Sugar Creek collects sediment and trash from the rapidly-developing urban environment. American Rivers, the river watchdog group, named the Catawba River "America's Most Threatened River" in 2008, largely because of sediment, which chokes oxygen, introduces bad nutrients and  compromises water quality.
    Catawba River-50.jpg
  • Sugar Creek enters the Catawba River downstream of Charlotte, NC in York County, SC. Sediment and trash enter the Catawba River here more than any other place along the Catawba River, as Sugar Creek collects sediment and trash from the rapidly-developing urban environment. American Rivers, the river watchdog group, named the Catawba River "America's Most Threatened River" in 2008, largely because of sediment, which chokes oxygen, introduces bad nutrients and  compromises water quality.
    Catawba River-51.jpg
  • Clean-up of a  diesel fuel oil spill caused when an oil tank broke open during deconstruction of a former textile mill, spilling oil into the Catawba River.
    Catawba River-52.jpg
  • Trash, in this case a child's car seat, gets stuck in trees along the Catawba River during high wtaer, and can remain hanging there for years.
    Catawba River-53.jpg
  • Catawba River after heavy rain. Catawba County, North Carolina. The river is usually brownish,. but not like this. Sediment from construction and agriculture flows down the tributaries after heavy rain.
    Catawba River-high water_01.jpg
  • US Hwy 321 looking southeast over the Catawba River, in Catawba County, NC    This is downstream from Lake Rodhiss and due north of the city of Hickory
    US 321 bridge_01.jpg
  • Aerials of Cedar Creek Reservoir (colloquial: Stumpy Pond) near Great Falls, SC. This is between Duke Eneregy's diversion  dam below Hwy 200 and the Cedar Creek Dam.
    Catawba River-Great Falls_62.jpg
  • Aerials of Cedar Creek Reservoir (colloquial: Stumpy Pond) near Great Falls, SC. This is between Duke Eneregy's diversion  dam below Hwy 200 and the Cedar Creek Dam.
    Catawba River-Great Falls_61.jpg
  • Aerials of Cedar Creek Reservoir (colloquial: Stumpy Pond) near Great Falls, SC. This is between Duke Eneregy's diversion  dam below Hwy 200 and the Cedar Creek Dam.
    Catawba River-Great Falls_63.jpg
  • Photo taken from Hill Island, in Cedar Creek Reservoir (colloquial: Stumpy Pond) , an impoundmewnt of the Catawba River at Great Falls, NC.
    Catawba River-Great Falls_50.TIF
  • A beautiful part of Cedar Creek Reservoir (Stumpy Pond, colloquial) near Grest Falls, NC. This is directly below the diversion dam near Hwy 200, just downstream from  Fishing Creek Dam.
    Catawba River-Great Falls_51.TIF
  • A beautiful part of Cedar Creek Reservoir (Stumpy Pond, colloquial) near Grest Falls, NC. This is directly below the diversion dam near Hwy 200, just downstream from  Fishing Creek Dam.
    Catawba River-Great Falls_52.TIF
  • Photo taken from Hill Island, in Cedar Creek Reservoir (colloquial: Stumpy Pond) , an impoundmewnt of the Catawba River at Great Falls, NC.
    Catawba River-Great Falls_54.TIF
  • A beautiful part of Cedar Creek Reservoir (Stumpy Pond, colloquial) near Grest Falls, NC. This is directly below the diversion dam near Hwy 200, just downstream from  Fishing Creek Dam.
    Catawba River-Great Falls_53.TIF
  • A beautiful part of Cedar Creek Reservoir (Stumpy Pond, colloquial) near Grest Falls, NC. This is directly below the diversion dam near Hwy 200, just downstream from  Fishing Creek Dam.
    Catawba River-Great Falls_55.TIF
  • A beautiful part of Cedar Creek Reservoir (Stumpy Pond, colloquial) near Grest Falls, NC. This is directly below the diversion dam near Hwy 200, just downstream from  Fishing Creek Dam.
    Catawba River-Great Falls_56.TIF
  • A beautiful part of Cedar Creek Reservoir (Stumpy Pond, colloquial) near Grest Falls, NC. This is directly below the diversion dam near Hwy 200, just downstream from  Fishing Creek Dam.
    Catawba River-Great Falls_58.TIF
  • Historic Great Falls of the Catawba, now dry, diverted for hydro power to run Mills in 1907. As part of Duke Energy's hydro re-licesning, Duke will release water through the dry river channel, here,  for whitewater kayaking.
    Catawba River-Great Falls_59.TIF
  • Historic Great Falls of the Catawba, now dry, diverted for hydro power to run Mills in 1907. In the foreground is the village of Great Falls, once a prosperous textile town, now all three mills are closed, demolished or burnt. As part of Duke Energy's hydro re-licesning, Duke will release water through the dry river channel for whitewater kayaking.
    Catawba River-Great Falls_60.jpg