Isle du Bois Creek is a

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and Ste. Genevieve counties of the U.S. state of

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. It is a tributary of the

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.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme 1st ed. 1998, p. 49 The stream headwaters arise at in southern Jefferson County and it flows to the east-northeast for approximately one-half mile. At this point it becomes the boundary between the two counties and meanders to the east and northeast. The stream passes under I-55 and

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approximately 1.5 miles south of the community of Danby. The stream continues on to the east-northeast to its confluence with the Mississippi at the south end of Rush Island at . Isle du Bois is a name derived from the French denoting "isle of the woods".

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