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The river is formed near the community of [[Rock Cave, West Virginia|Rock Cave]] in southwestern [[Upshur County, West Virginia|Upshur County]] by the confluence of small headwaters tributaries known as Straight Fork[ and Whites Camp Fork.][{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1549092}} |title=Geographic Names Information System entry for Whites Camp Fork (Feature ID #1549092) |author=Geographic Names Information System |authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-02-12}}] From this confluence the West Fork River flows north through [[Lewis County, West Virginia|Lewis]], [[Harrison County, West Virginia|Harrison]] and [[Marion County, West Virginia|Marion]] counties, through the communities of [[Weston, West Virginia|Weston]], [[West Milford, West Virginia|West Milford]], [[Clarksburg, West Virginia|Clarksburg]], [[Lumberport, West Virginia|Lumberport]], [[Shinnston, West Virginia|Shinnston]], [[Enterprise, West Virginia|Enterprise]], [[Worthington, West Virginia|Worthington]], and [[Monongah, West Virginia|Monongah]] to [[Fairmont, West Virginia|Fairmont]], where it joins the [[Tygart Valley River]] from the west to form the Monongahela River. (The Tygart is thus the "East Fork" of the Monongahela.) Among other tributaries, it collects [[Stonecoal Creek]] in Weston; [[Hackers Creek]] in southern Harrison County; [[Elk Creek (West Virginia)|Elk Creek]] in Clarksburg; [[Carrion Run]] in Lewis County[{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=184|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press |location=Piedmont, WV|page=156}}] and [[Simpson Creek (West Virginia)|Simpson Creek]] and [[Tenmile Creek (West Fork River)|Tenmile Creek]] in northern Harrison County.[[[DeLorme]] (1997). ''West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. pp. 25, 36. {{ISBN|0-89933-246-3}}.] |
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The river is formed near the community of [[Rock Cave, West Virginia|Rock Cave]] in southwestern [[Upshur County, West Virginia|Upshur County]] by the confluence of small headwaters tributaries known as Straight Fork[ and Whites Camp Fork.][{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1549092}} |title=Geographic Names Information System entry for Whites Camp Fork (Feature ID #1549092) |author=Geographic Names Information System |authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-02-12}}] From this confluence the West Fork River flows north through [[Lewis County, West Virginia|Lewis]], [[Harrison County, West Virginia|Harrison]] and [[Marion County, West Virginia|Marion]] counties, through the communities of [[Weston, West Virginia|Weston]], [[West Milford, West Virginia|West Milford]], [[Clarksburg, West Virginia|Clarksburg]], [[Lumberport, West Virginia|Lumberport]], [[Shinnston, West Virginia|Shinnston]], [[Enterprise, West Virginia|Enterprise]], [[Worthington, West Virginia|Worthington]], and [[Monongah, West Virginia|Monongah]] to [[Fairmont, West Virginia|Fairmont]], where it joins the [[Tygart Valley River]] from the west to form the Monongahela River. (The Tygart is thus the "East Fork" of the Monongahela.) Among other tributaries, it collects [[Stonecoal Creek]] in Weston; [[Hackers Creek]] in southern Harrison County; [[Elk Creek (West Virginia)|Elk Creek]] in Clarksburg; [[Cap Run]] and [[Carrion Run]] in Lewis County[{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=184|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press |location=Piedmont, WV|page=156}}] and [[Simpson Creek (West Virginia)|Simpson Creek]] and [[Tenmile Creek (West Fork River)|Tenmile Creek]] in northern Harrison County.[[[DeLorme]] (1997). ''West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. pp. 25, 36. {{ISBN|0-89933-246-3}}.] |
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The West Fork has a low gradient and is slow-moving throughout its course. It is locally popular for [[fishing]], and is stocked with [[muskellunge]] by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Other fish species in the river include [[carp]]; [[channel catfish|channel]] and [[flathead catfish]]; [[golden trout|golden]] and [[rainbow trout]]; [[largemouth bass|largemouth]], [[smallmouth bass|smallmouth]], and [[spotted bass]]; [[sauger]]; and [[walleye]].[{{cite journal | last = Jernejcic | first = Frank | title = Best of the West Fork | journal = Wonderful West Virginia | volume = 59 | issue = 1 | pages = 2–4 | publisher = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources | date = March 1995}}] |
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The West Fork has a low gradient and is slow-moving throughout its course. It is locally popular for [[fishing]], and is stocked with [[muskellunge]] by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Other fish species in the river include [[carp]]; [[channel catfish|channel]] and [[flathead catfish]]; [[golden trout|golden]] and [[rainbow trout]]; [[largemouth bass|largemouth]], [[smallmouth bass|smallmouth]], and [[spotted bass]]; [[sauger]]; and [[walleye]].[{{cite journal | last = Jernejcic | first = Frank | title = Best of the West Fork | journal = Wonderful West Virginia | volume = 59 | issue = 1 | pages = 2–4 | publisher = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources | date = March 1995}}] |
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