Bad River (Wisconsin)

Bad River (Wisconsin)

Geobox River
name = Bad River
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image_caption = The Bad River in Copper Falls State Park in 2006
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country = United States
state = Wisconsin
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length_imperial = 76
length_note =cite web |url=http://dnr.wi.gov/org/gmu/superior/BasinPlan/watersheds/ls09.html |title=Lower Bad River Watershed |author= Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |accessdate= 2007-02-07]
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watershed_note =cite web |url=http://dnr.wi.gov/org/gmu/sidebar/watersheds.html |title=Sum of watershed areas of Lower and Upper Bad River; Marengo River; Potato River; Tyler Forks; White River. |work= Watersheds of Wisconsin |author= Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |accessdate= 2007-02-07]
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source_name = Caroline Lake
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source_lat_d = 46
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source_long_d = 90
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source_long_EW = W
source_coordinates_note =cite web |url=Gnis3|1578679 |title=GNIS entry for Bad River (Feature ID #1578679)|author=Geographic Names Information System|authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-02-07]
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mouth_name = Lake Superior
mouth_location = Bad River Indian Reservation
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The Bad River is a river flowing to Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin in the United States. It flows for 76 miles (122 km) in Ashland County, draining an area of 1,061 square miles (2,748 km²) in portions of Ashland, Bayfield and Iron Counties.

The Bad River issues from the southwestern end of Caroline Lake,DeLorme (1992). "Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer". Freeport, Maine: DeLorme. pp. 95, 103. ISBN 0-89933-247-1.] a 129 acre (51.6 ha) shallow lake on the boundary of Ashland and Iron Counties which drains an area of acidic peatlands to its east.cite web |url=http://dnr.wi.gov/org/gmu/superior/BasinPlan/watersheds/ls14.html |title=Upper Bad River Watershed |author= Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |accessdate= 2007-02-07] The Bad River initially flows southwestwardly before turning generally to the north for most of its course, along which it passes through the city of Mellen, Copper Falls State Park, and the community of Odanah in the Bad River Indian Reservation. In the vicinity of Mellen, the riverbed is commonly bedrock and boulder-strewn with numerous whitewater rapids; the river passes over waterfalls and through a granite gorge in Copper Falls State Park. In its lower course in the Bad River Reservation the river's delta along Lake Superior contributes to a 16,000 acre (6400 ha) complex of wetlands known as sloughs.

The Bad River's largest tributary is the White River, which it collects near its mouth. Other principal tributaries include the Potato and Marengo Rivers in its lower course; the Tyler Forks at Copper Falls State Park; and the Iron River upstream of Mellen.

Variant names

The United States Board on Geographic Names issued a decision clarifying the Bad River's name and course in 1965. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the stream has also been known historically as:
*Mashki-Sibi
*Maskesipi
*Maskigo
*Mushkeesebe
*Swamp River

ee also

*List of Wisconsin rivers

References


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