Participants stand on a board similar to a surf board and use a long paddle to maneuver along the Catawba River.

Much of that treated water eventually returns to the Catawba River.

The Catawba River is crossed by many highways over its course.

Adam was the first European person in history to cross the Catawba River.

They hoped to take advantage of the less expensive water power from the Catawba River.

Three years later, the state gave the tribe 640 acres, where about 50 tribal families live today, beside the Catawba River.

The historic building pictured was built in 1818 and is the oldest church structure west of the Catawba River.

When summer arrived with the steamy hot weather the family would pack up and go out to the country to the river the Catawba River.

Oh so they are beavers in the Catawba River?

The Catawba River flows over 2 major waterfalls in a short distance.