Menomonee River
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The Menomonee River is one of three primary rivers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, along with the Kinnickinnic River and Milwaukee River.[1]
Description
Named after the Menomonee (also spelled Menominee) Indians, the word was given to the Menomonee people by the Chippewa people, and in the Chippewa language literally means "rice eaters" referring to the abundant wild rice that once grew along its shores in the Menomonee Valley.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". A tributary of the Milwaukee River, it is the most industrialized within the Milwaukee River Basin.
Watershed
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The Menomonee River is Script error: No such module "convert". long,[2] and empties into Lake Michigan at Milwaukee. Not to be confused with longer rivers named after the same Indian tribe. With a watershed that covers approximately Script error: No such module "convert". of urban landscape, it is home to a population of more than 336,670 people. This includes portions of Washington, Ozaukee, Waukesha, and Milwaukee counties. A large swath of the river has been heavily channelized and industrialized as it runs through the Menomonee Valley. This has become a primary source of pollution for the river.
Its estuary empties into Lake Michigan from the Milwaukee River near the Milwaukee harbor, along with the Kinnickinnic River to the south.
Parks
| Parks | Location |
|---|---|
| Three Bridges Park, Valley Park, Doyne Park, Granville Dog Park | Milwaukee |
| Charles C. Jacobus Park, Hart Park, Hoyt Park, Hansen Park, Hartung Park, Currie Park, Webster Park | Wauwatosa |
| Frontier Park | Butler |
| Rotary Park, Rivers Edge Park, Lime Kiln Park, Village Park | Menomonee Falls |
| Haupt Strasse Park, Shoen Laufen Park | Germantown |
References
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Script error: No such module "If empty".
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Template:Webarchive, accessed May 19, 2011
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External links
- Menomonee River at Milwaukee Riverkeeper
- Menomonee RiverTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". at Great Lakes Tributary Modeling Program
- Menomonee Valley Partners
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