The Bark River is a

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of the Rock River, about long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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. Via the Rock River, it is part of the watershed of the

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, it has also been known historically as the "Peelbark River". The Bark River rises in southern Washington County at Bark Lake In Richfield, WI and flows generally southwestwardly through Waukesha and

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counties, past the communities of Hartland, Delafield, Summit Dousman and

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, and through several small lakes. It joins the Rock River in Jefferson County just east of Fort Atkinson. In Jefferson County the Bark River collects the Scuppernong River.

References

Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
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(1992). ''Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer''. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme. . * Rivers of Wisconsin Rivers of Jefferson County, Wisconsin Rivers of Washington County, Wisconsin Rivers of Waukesha County, Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-river-stub

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