WALNUT ISLAND RIVER PARK, N.C. – Typically, Mitch Hampton leads tourist groups on whitewater rafting adventures along the speedier stretches of the French Broad River just north of Asheville.

Rachael Kerley, of the Walnut community in Marshall ... a visit with The News-Record & Sentinel at Barnard Park. It is the most popular river access point in Madison County, as Section Nine ...