Menominee River

This article is about the river in Wisconsin and Michigan. For the Illinois river, see Menominee River (Illinois). For the river in southeastern Wisconsin, see Menomonee River.
Menominee River
Menominee River
Map
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBrule and Michigamme rivers
 • coordinates45°57′12″N 88°11′46″W / 45.95328°N 88.19624°W / 45.95328; -88.19624[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Green Bay, Lake Michigan
 • coordinates
45°05′41″N 87°35′28″W / 45.0947°N 87.59121°W / 45.0947; -87.59121
Length116 mi (187 km)
Basin size4,070 sq mi (10,500 km2)[3]
Discharge 
 • locationmouth
 • average3,516 cu ft/s (99.6 m3/s) (estimate)[2]
Menominee River watershed
White Rapids Hydroelectric dam

The Menominee River is a river in northwestern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is approximately 116 miles (187 km) long,[4] draining a rural forested area of northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan into Lake Michigan. Its entire course, with that of its tributary, the Brule River, forms part of the boundary between the two states.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Menominee River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Report: Menominee River". WATERS GeoViewer. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  3. ^ Great Lakes Commission (August 2000). "Assessment of the Lake Michigan Monitoring Inventory : Menominee River" (PDF). www.glc.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed December 19, 2011
  5. ^ Menominee River/Piers Gorge - Norway Nature & Parks - Pure Michigan Travel
  6. ^ WDNR – Menominee River Natural Resources Area Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine