Talk:Kentucky River

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yes  merge  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 139.55.7.134 (talk • contribs).

River about lock four is certainly navigable within the pools themselves...you just can't go from pool-to-pool anymore. Suggest revision to main page.

Alligator myth
When I was a kid living in Kentucky I remember hearing that there are alligators in the Kentucky River. I know that there have been alligators of unknown origin (possible natural migration in search of food up the Mississippi River to the Ohio) found in the Ohio River so there may be some possibility of truth that they could make it to an Ohio River tributary. As a more skeptical adult I am thinking that maybe it was a combination of a rare gator actually found in the river combined with sightings of alligator gar fish. Does anyone have any info on this? There supposedly was a reproducing pocket population according to the myth. I grew up in KY from 1970's thru 1990's so that's when the rumor was going around. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.224.3.179 (talk) 05:05, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Possibly the result of people seeing some large hellbenders or mudpuppies, alligator gars, snapping turtles, or other misidentified aquatic animal compounded with the occasional alligator actual sighting of a feral gator (released pet) or possibly a gator that found its way up the Ohio River from the Mississippi River then into the Kentucky (not likely but within the realm of possibility) maybe surviving until a big freeze that comes along every ten years or so; alligators have been found even further upstream in the Ohio River than the mouth of the Kentucky River so who knows. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.224.0.160 (talk) 07:27, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

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Why redirect
Why does North Fork, South Fork, and Middle Fork Kentucky River redirect here? I believe that they should have their own articles. Cumberland River tributaries such as Poor Fork, Martin's Fork, and Clover Fork have their own articles. FatCat96 (talk) 04:44, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
 * The articles in 2005 were short, unsourced, and fairly rubbish. No-one had then discovered exactly how much Rennick and the geologists had written about the physical and human geography of these river systems. By the way: There's a conflict between Rennick and the geologists on where the Kentucky River actually ends.  I've gone with the geologists, on the grounds that as good as Rennick is for toponymy and history, USGS experts writing a hydrology report outweigh him when it comes to how the North, Middle, and South Forks meet. Uncle G (talk) 19:56, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

July 28, 2022?
In the early morning hours of July 28th, 2022, the river set an all time record for highest water level due to historic flash flooding. Not mentioned on here. West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 16:59, 22 June 2024 (UTC)