Ahnapee River Explained

Ahnapee River
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Wisconsin
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Door Peninsula
Length:15miles
Source1:Gardner Swamp
Source1 Location:Wisconsin
Source1 Coordinates:44.7689°N -87.5392°W
Mouth:Lake Michigan
Mouth Location:Algoma, Wisconsin
Mouth Coordinates:44.6083°N -87.4331°W
Tributaries Left:Silver Creek

The Ahnapee River is a 14.7adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] river on the Door Peninsula in eastern Wisconsin in the United States. It rises in Door County, Wisconsin, and flows through Kewaunee County into Lake Michigan at the city of Algoma. Its name has been ascribed as coming from the Ojibwe word aanapii meaning "when?".

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]

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Notes and References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed December 19, 2011
  2. Web site: Ahnapee River. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. 2009-05-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20090927233613/http://www.dnr.wi.gov/wetlands/cw/NLMich/index.asp?mode=detail&RecID=1E8D9229FA3. 2009-09-27. dead.
  3. https://arcg.is/1qbazH Interactive trail map showing the Ahnapee river ending in Algoma
  4. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g5vmcPNt7Ne0kcHN40lLlCYaWTkBIAZC/view Ahnapee River Water Trail Plan