Sheboygan River

Sheboygan River
Riverfront in downtown Sheboygan near the river's mouth
Sheboygan River is located in Wisconsin
Sheboygan River
Location
CountiesFond du Lac; Sheboygan; Calumet; Manitowoc
CitiesEden; Dundee; St. Peter; St. Cloud; Elkhart Lake; Kiel; Sheboygan Falls
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates43°42′35″N 88°16′04″W / 43.7097152°N 88.267878°W / 43.7097152; -88.267878
MouthLake Michigan
 • coordinates
43°44′56″N 87°42′11″W / 43.74888°N 87.70314°W / 43.74888; -87.70314
Length81 mi (130 km)
Map
The mouth of the Sheboygan River into Lake Michigan
The frozen Sheboygan River in Kiel

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]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed December 19, 2011
  2. ^ "Winnebago Took Its Name from an Indian Tribe". The Post-Crescent. December 28, 1963. p. 14. Retrieved August 25, 2014 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Herman, Jennifer (January 1, 2008). Wisconsin Encyclopedia. State History Publications. ISBN 9781878592613 – via Google Books.