| Devils River | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Denmark, Wisconsin |
| Mouth | |
• location | West Twin River at the north end of Richard J. Drum Memorial Forest |
• elevation | 650 feet (200 m) |
| Length | 15.8 miles (25.4 km) |
| Basin size | 176 square miles (460 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | East-southeast |
| River system | West Twin River |
The Devils River (also known archaically as the Manitoo River)[1] is a small 15.8-mile-long (25.4 km)[2] river in the state of Wisconsin in the United States.[3][4] The Devils River flows primarily through Brown and Manitowoc counties[4] and joins with the Neshota River to form the West Twin River.[5] It is part of the 176-square-mile (460 km2) West Twin River watershed.[5]
The Ojibwe name for the river is Ma-na-to-kik-e-we-se-be, or "Stooping Spirit River."[6] The root word Ma-na-to (or manitou) was often mistranslated as "devil" by early white settlers,[7] which is why the river carries the name it does today.[8]
- ^ Lapham, Wisconsin: Its Geography and Topography, History, Geology, and Mineralogy, 1846, p. 93.
- ^ 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
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Devils River (Wisconsin)
- ^ a b "Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, West Twin River Watershed, June 2010, p. 6" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
- ^ a b "Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, West Twin River Watershed, June 2010, p. 4" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
- ^ Calkins, "Indian Nomenclature of Northern Wisconsin, With a Sketch of the Manners and Customs of the Chippewa," in First Annual Report of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1855, p. 120.
- ^ Vogel, Indian Names On Wisconsin's Map, 1991, p. 101.
- ^ Martin, History of Brown County, Wisconsin, Past and Present, 1913, p. 12.