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The New River Batteau Festival is sponsored by New River Gorge National River and the Virginia Canals and Navigations Society as a part of the 25th Anniversary of New River Gorge National River. The Festival is a re-enactment of Collis P. Huntington’s 1869 survey trip down the New River from Hinton to Hawks Nest by batteau. Members of the Virginia Canals and Navigations Society are bringing their batteaux to recreate the historic journey. Batteaumen dressed in period clothing will pole their 40-foot wooden batteaux down the river camping along the way.