33 C.F.R. § 329.10 Existence of obstructions.
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
A stream may be navigable despite the existence of falls, rapids, sand bars, bridges, portages, shifting currents, or similar obstructions. Thus, a waterway in its original condition might have had substantial obstructions which were overcome by frontier boats and/or portages, and nevertheless be a “channel” of commerce, even though boats had to be removed from the water in some stretches, or logs be brought around an obstruction by means of artificial chutes. However, the question is ultimately a matter of degree, and it must be recognized that there is some point beyond which navigability could not be established.
Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters
PART 329—DEFINITION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES
§ 329.10 Existence of obstructions.
