Iroquois River

Infobox_River
river_name = Iroquois River


image_size = 300 px
caption = The Iroquois River in Newton County, Indiana.
origin = NW of Rensselaer, Newton Township, Jasper County, Indiana
mouth = Kankakee, Illinois
basin_countries = United States
length = 85 mi (135 km)
elevation = 705 ft (215 m)
mouth_elevation = 599 ft (182.6 m)
discharge = 1741 cu ft per sec
watershed = 2091 sq mi

The Iroquois River is a tributary of the Kankakee River, about 85 mi (135 km) long, in northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois in the United States. Via the Kankakee and Illinois Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.

Course

The Iroquois River rises in Jasper County, Indiana, and flows generally west-southwestwardly through Newton County, Indiana, and Iroquois County, Illinois, where it turns northward and flows into Kankakee County, Illinois. It enters the Kankakee River from the south in Kankakee County, opposite the village of Aroma Park, about 4 mi (6 km) southwest of the city of Kankakee.

Along its course the Iroquois passes the town of Rensselaer and [Brook, Indiana] in Indiana and the towns of Iroquois and Watseka in Illinois.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Iroquois River, or portions thereof, has also been known as:
*Borntrager Ditch
*Burns Ditch
*Irokois River
*Iroquois Ditch
*Pickamick River
*Pickamink Lateral
*Pickamink River
*Pinkamink River
*Swain Ditch
*Thompson Ditch

Towns and Cities

* Rensselaer, Indiana
* Iroquois, Illinois
* Watseka, Illinois

ee also

* Kankakee River
* List of Illinois rivers
* List of Indiana rivers

ources

* [http://www.bartleby.com/69/4/I01804.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry]
*DeLorme (2003). "Illinois Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-321-4.
*DeLorme (1998). "Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-211-0.
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