Winnebago_Creek_(Minnesota)

Winnebago Creek (Minnesota)

Winnebago Creek (Minnesota)

River in Minnesota, United States


Winnebago Creek is a 23.6-mile-long (38.0 km)[1] tributary of the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota.[2][3][4] Winnebago Creek was named after the Winnebago Indians.[5]

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Course

Winnebago Creek flows in Houston County, Minnesota into the Mississippi River just above the Minnesota and Iowa border. The creek flows through the Winnebago Creek Wildlife Management Area. Sections of Winnebago Creek are designated trout streams and populated with Rainbow trout and brown trout.[6][7][8]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 13, 2011
  2. "Minnesota Watersheds". Minnesota DNR. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  3. USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974). USGS. 1976.
  4. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 240.
  5. "Map3" (PDF). Minnesota DNR. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  6. Waters, Thomas F. (1977). Streams and Rivers of Minnesota. Minneapolis: University Of Minnesota Press. pp. 249, 264. ISBN 0816609608.

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