This professionally made video from 1992 tells some fascinating history about the Russell Fork as well as showing some early paddling there. Despite the title, the boats are mostly kayaks. There's even one intrepid canoeist. This is worth watching for the background history on running logs downriver by itself. But there's a lot more.

That might be Steve Frazier in the Sunburst open canoe.
And there's a relatively young Dennis Huntley and Joe Greiner here also!
Who is the manly man in the open canoe?