35th ANNUAL – JUNE 20-27, 2020-"NO OFFICIAL FESTIVAL EVENTS THIS YEAR".
As the mighty James River continues to drop back down from the highs a couple of days ago, the batteaux are looking real good to go! The private landing area near lynchburg showed much improvement in the water levels on Saturday morning. The crew of the batteau Jubilee were onboard and were happy and excited…
Wow, What a difference a week makes. The heavy rains over the past week or so here and most importantly up in the mountains have brought much water to the mighty James River! (Click here for River Level’s) Traveling to an undisclosed private landing near Lynchburg on Friday Morning with my dog Jake, we arrived…
The 2017 James River Batteau Festival is almost here! Most of the batteaux are in the water and on Friday afternoon several more arrived and were launched from Rucker Landing at Rivers Edge Park in Amherst County, VA. Many long time batteau friends were gathering by the river with handshakes and hugs! Gail Timberlake and…
Claudia Tucker Chairwoman of the Amherst County Board of Supervisors gave a nice presentation to begin the dedication ceremony. The following are her remarks we are publishing here with her permission: “Good afternoon! I am here on behalf of the Amherst County Board of Supervisors to join in the festivities of the day but also…