Eau Claire River (Chippewa River tributary)

This article is about the tributary of the Chippewa River in west-central Wisconsin. For other uses, see Eau Claire River (disambiguation).
Looking downstream toward downtown Eau Claire, from the footbridge on the east end of Banbury Place, Jan. 31, 2006.

The Eau Claire River is a tributary of the Chippewa River in west-central Wisconsin in the United States.[1] It is one of three rivers by this name in Wisconsin. Via the Chippewa River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. Its name is the French translation from the Ojibwe Wayaa-gonaatigweyaa-ziibi (Clear potable-water River).

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eau Claire River (Chippewa River tributary)