Killsnake River

The Killsnake River is a small river in eastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is a tributary of the South Branch of the Manitowoc River, which flows to Lake Michigan.

The river flows for its entire course in central Calumet County. It rises about 3 mi (5 km) east of Lake Winnebago and flows generally east-southeastwardly; it joins the South Branch of the Manitowoc River about 6 mi (10 km) east of Chilton in the Killsnake Wildlife Area.

Killsnake Wildlife Area

The convert|5777|acre|km2 surrounding where the Killsnake River joins the Manitowoc River has been designated a wildlife refuge by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. [ [http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/wildlife/reclands/northeast.htm Wildlife areas in Northeast Wisconsin] , Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Retrieved July 17 2007] The area is located entirely in the Town of Rantoul.

Registered historic area

There are four archaeological sites ranging from a major Early Paleo-Indian campsite from 9000 B.C. to a Potawatomi village from the mid-1800s located in the wildlife area, [ [http://www.wnrmag.com/stories/1999/apr99/trips.htm Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine] ; April 1999; Retrieved July 17 2007] and the site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

ee also

*List of Wisconsin rivers

ources

*DeLorme (1992). "Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer". Freeport, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-247-1.
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