The Watershed

The 87-mile-long Chickahominy River is located in eastern central Virginia. The river was named after the Chickahominy Tribe, a Native American tribe that was settled along the river when the English colonists arrived in 1607. The Lower Chickahominy stretches from Walkers Dam at the eastern edge of Chickahominy Lake downstream to the confluence with the James River.  The hatched area on the map below indicates the watershed area of the Lower Chickahominy River.  A watershed is the land and area that drains to and impacts a waterbody.