The Spirit River is a tributary of the
Wisconsin River
The Wisconsin River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. At approximately 430 miles (692 km) long, it is the state's longest river. The river's name, first recorded in 1673 by Jacques Marquette as "Meskousi ...
with headwaters in
Price County and a confluence with the Wisconsin in
Lincoln County just downstream from
Lake Mohawksin
Lake Mohawksin is the name of the reservoir on the Wisconsin River formed by the Tomahawk Dam. The dam is located about one mile south of the city limits of Tomahawk, Wisconsin. Lake Mohawksin was originally called Lake Tomahawk, but the name was c ...
. The source is
Spirit Lake near
Timms Hill
Timms Hill or Timm's Hill is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and is located in north-central Wisconsin in Timms Hill County Park in the Town of Hill in Price County. After being surveyed by Quentin Stevens of Ogema Tele ...
. The
Ojibwe
The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains.
According to the U.S. census, in the United States Ojibwe people are one of ...
name for the river was ''Manatokikewe Sebe'' (Stooping Spirit River).
[
] The river flows nearly west to east. About one mile from its mouth, the
Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company maintains a dam which forms the
Spirit River Flowage.
See also
*
List of rivers in Wisconsin
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Great Lakes Drainage
Lake Michigan
*Menominee River
...
Notes
External links
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File:SpiritFalls-1992-07.JPG , Spirit Falls (viewed upstream).
File:SpiritFlowage-1987-11.JPG , The Spirit River Flowage.
File:SpiritRiver-Canoeing-1994-B.JPG , Spring time on the Spirit River.
Rivers of Lincoln County, Wisconsin
Rivers of Price County, Wisconsin
Rivers of Wisconsin
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