The St. Croix River (/ˈseɪnt ˈkrɔɪ/ SAYNT KROY; literally "holy cross" in French) is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 169 miles (272 km)...
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east of the Mississippi River, it lies within parts of eight counties in Wisconsin: Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix, Sawyer, and...
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The Mississippi River is the primary river and second-longest river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. From its traditional source of...
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the saint Croix river and the Mississippi River. From the late 1890s on the logging industry died down, the last log going down the Saint Croix log mill...
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in the United States National Park System Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway "Mississippi National River and Recreation Area". Geographic Names Information...
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early 1900s, the St. Louis River competed with the St. Croix River as a candidate for a canal linking the Mississippi River with the Great Lakes. The US...
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the only natural major waterfall on the Mississippi River. Throughout the mid-to-late 1800s, various dams were built atop the...
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were extinguished. From Saint Paul the great valley goes southeast to Prescott, Wisconsin, where it is joined by the St. Croix River, itself once the outlet...
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Minnesota has 6,564 natural rivers and streams that cumulatively flow for 69,000 miles (111,000 km). The Mississippi River begins its journey from its...
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The Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area covering 29,914 square miles (77,477 km2; 19,144,960 acres) located along the...
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of the name; the St. Croix River may have been named after Monsieur St. Croix, an explorer who drowned at the mouth of the river late in the seventeenth...
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This is a sortable list of tributaries of the Mississippi River....
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bridge that carried Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River one-half mile (875 m) downstream from the Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United...
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List of longest streams of Minnesota (category Rivers of Minnesota)
The Bois de Sioux River forms the border with South Dakota to the west. The Mississippi River, St. Croix River, and the St. Louis River form the border...
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St. Croix State Park is a state park in Pine County, Minnesota, USA. The park follows the shore of the St. Croix River for 21 miles (34 km) and contains...
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The River Subdivision or River Sub is a railway line along the Mississippi River that runs approximately 124 miles (200 km) from Saint Paul, Minnesota...
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provided easy transport downstream. Moreover, the St. Croix flowed directly into the Mississippi River, making a convenient route to the burgeoning communities...
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Watergate Marina (category Mississippi National River and Recreation Area)
bank of the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, upriver from the city's downtown area. Owned by the City of Saint Paul and operated...
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Moose Horn River, its waters flow to the Kettle River, St. Croix River, and ultimately the Mississippi River. Just to the east of the Portage River, Nemadji...
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Prescott, Wisconsin (category St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota))
St. Croix River and Mississippi River. The population was 4,333 at the 2020 census, making it the second-largest city in the county after River Falls...
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List of waterways (redirect from Rivers of the World)
Turkish Straits Bosphorus Sea of Marmara Dardanelles Strait of Malacca St. Croix River (Canada, United States) Danube (Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary,...
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Mississippi Gorge Regional Park is a regional park along the east and west bluffs of the Mississippi River in the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul...
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Minneapolis–Saint Paul is a metropolitan area in the Upper Midwestern United States centered around the confluence of the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix rivers...
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Wild River State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, curving along 18 miles (29 km) of the St. Croix River. This long, narrow park is shaped...
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tradition of usage in the American Midwest along the Mississippi River. The middle Mississippi River Valley once formed part of the French Colonies of Quebec...
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Nicollet Island (category Islands of the Mississippi River)
Nicollet Island (/ˈnɪkəlɪt/ NIH-kə-lit) is an island in the Mississippi River just north of Saint Anthony Falls in central Minneapolis, Minnesota. According...
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Lock and Dam No. 1 (redirect from Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 1)
on the Upper Mississippi River and is located between Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota just north of the confluence of the Mississippi with the Minnesota...
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Asian carp in North America (category Mississippi River)
Carps in Samples Collected from Selected Locations in St. Croix River and in the Mississippi River (Report). U.S.G.S. doi:10.3133/ofr20131080. Asian carp...
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Stone Arch Bridge (Minneapolis) (category Bridges over the Mississippi River)
the Mississippi River at Saint Anthony Falls in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River...
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94 in St. Croix County near Baldwin and flows generally southwardly through Pierce County. It ends in Lake Pepin of the Mississippi River, about 1 mile...
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