Mud Creek is a rural creek that forms from a small

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that connects the Hennepin Canal and the

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in Eastern

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and flows southeast for about 15 miles to west of

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. The creek's main purpose is for farmland drainage.

Fishing and recreation

Mud Creek is used for

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by some locals who live nearby. The creek is very well known throughout the area and is used as a natural landmark to people of Annawan and

Kewanee, Illinois Kewanee () is a city in Henry County, Illinois, United States. "Kewanee" is the Winnebago word for greater prairie chicken, which lived there. The population was 12,509 at the 2020 census, down from 12,944 in 2000. Geography According to the ...

. The Carol M. Guthrie 5 Kilometer (3.5 mile) run's turn around point is Mud Creek.

References

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