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Long designated as the North Branch of the James, the North Branch takes its name from "River Anne", to honor Queen Anne (1665-1714), then monarch of England, and so of the Virginia Colony as well. | Long designated as the North Branch of the James, the North Branch takes its name from "River Anne", to honor Queen Anne (1665-1714), then monarch of England, and so of the Virginia Colony as well. | ||
<ref>[http://rivannariver.org/documents/RCS-Rivanna-River-History.pdf Rivanna River History] [[Rivanna Conservation Society]], retrieved 12 Jun 2009</ref> | <ref>[http://rivannariver.org/documents/RCS-Rivanna-River-History.pdf Rivanna River History] [[Rivanna Conservation Society]], retrieved 12 Jun 2009</ref> | ||
A ten-mile stretch of the river from the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir to the Woolen Mills area was designated by the General Assembly as part of Virginia's Scenic Rivers System<ref>"Richmond Sunlight » 2009 » Rivanna Scenic River; expands to include length of waterway from South Fork Rivanna River reservoir. (SB957)." Richmond Sunlight » Tracking the Virginia General Assembly. Web. 08 Sept. 2009. <http://www.richmondsunlight.com/bill/2009/sb957/>.</ref>. | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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The Rivanna River is about 50 miles long and a tributary of the James River at Columbia.
Long designated as the North Branch of the James, the North Branch takes its name from "River Anne", to honor Queen Anne (1665-1714), then monarch of England, and so of the Virginia Colony as well. [1]
A ten-mile stretch of the river from the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir to the Woolen Mills area was designated by the General Assembly as part of Virginia's Scenic Rivers System[2].
References
- ↑ Rivanna River History Rivanna Conservation Society, retrieved 12 Jun 2009
- ↑ "Richmond Sunlight » 2009 » Rivanna Scenic River; expands to include length of waterway from South Fork Rivanna River reservoir. (SB957)." Richmond Sunlight » Tracking the Virginia General Assembly. Web. 08 Sept. 2009. <http://www.richmondsunlight.com/bill/2009/sb957/>.
External links
- A Brief History of the Rivanna River Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia
- Rivanna River on wikipedia