Ahnapee River
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Course
The Ahnapee rises in southern Door County and flows generally southeastwardly into northeastern Kewaunee County, past the village of Forestville, where it is dammed. Downstream of Forestville the river becomes a freshwater estuary of Lake Michigan and is paralleled by a rail trail called the Ahnapee State Trail.[2] It joins Lake Michigan at the city of Algoma.[3] The length of the river from Forestville to Algoma has ten public access points.[4]
Gallery
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See also
References
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed December 19, 2011
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- ↑ Interactive trail map showing the Ahnapee river ending in Algoma (the Ice Age Trail joins the Ahnapee trail for several parts)
- ↑ Ahnapee River Water Trail Plan by the Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission, June 2019, page 4 (electronic page 8)
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External links
- Wisconsin DNR page about Ahnapee River Wetlands, including photographs
- A Canoe Trip on the Ahnapee River with Herb Klein and Cal Holvenstadt, produced by Laddie Chapman, Sevastopol Channel 19, Saturday May 10, 2007
- Ahnapee River Water Trail Interactive Tour Map