High_Island_Creek

High Island Creek

High Island Creek

River in Minnesota, United States

High Island Creek is a 69.4-mile-long (111.7 km)[1] tributary of the Minnesota River in Minnesota. It rises as Judicial Ditch No. 11 in eastern Renville County, 6 miles (10 km) south of the city of Hector, and flows east into Sibley County, then McLeod County, then back into Sibley County, where it passes the city of Arlington before entering the Minnesota River 3 miles (5 km) north of Henderson.

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The creek took its name from High Island Lake, a lake that serves as its headwaters. [2] The creek flows through an eponymously named Sibley County Park; High Island Creek Park features 220 acres of natural hardwood forests and wetlands along the creek, which runs through the park for 0.56 mi.[3]

See also

44.5855190°N 93.9013551°W / 44.5855190; -93.9013551[4]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 5, 2012
  2. [2]
    Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 319.
  3. [3]
    "High Island Creek Park". ibleycounty.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  4. [4]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: High Island Creek
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    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: High Island Creek


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