Sheboygan River | |
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![]() Riverfront in downtown Sheboygan near the river's mouth | |
Location | |
Counties | Fond du Lac; Sheboygan; Calumet; Manitowoc |
Cities | Eden; Dundee; St. Peter; St. Cloud; Elkhart Lake; Kiel; Sheboygan Falls |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• coordinates | 43°42′35″N 88°16′04″W / 43.7097152°N 88.267878°W |
Mouth | Lake Michigan |
• coordinates | 43°44′56″N 87°42′11″W / 43.74888°N 87.70314°W |
Length | 81 mi (130 km) |
The Sheboygan River is a river flowing to Lake Michigan in eastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is about 81 mi (130 km) long[1] and enters the lake at the city of Sheboygan. The name of the river is Chippewa in origin, Shawb-wa-way-gun, meaning 'hollow bone', 'noise underground' or 'river disappearing underground'.[2][3]