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= Nash's Island & Channing's Island = Nash’s Island, and its smaller brother, Channing’s Island, are the westernmost land masses in Richmond, Virginia's James River Park System. Situated just downstream of Bosher's Dam, they are part of the Huguenot Flatwater, which stretches from Z Dam in the east to Bosher’s in the west.

The islands are anchored by large rocks that have formed the bottom of the James for thousands of years. The islands themselves were formed from sediment deposited during the river’s frequent floods.

The islands are popular destinations for paddlers. Many people put in at the park entrance and paddle upstream to fish or chill.

In the past, they were hubs for indigenous fishermen who tended the Indian dam upon which Bosher's was built. That dam was used by the Algonquin tribes to catch shad, bass, gar and other native fish that were a primary source of tribal proteins.