The Little Eau Pleine River is a river in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is a tributary of the Wisconsin River, as the Little Eau Pleine River originates near Unity, Wisconsin.[1] It is also the subject of the traditional folk song "The Banks of the Little Eau Pleine," about a woman whose lover died as a raftsman on the Wisconsin river.[2]
The Menominee name of the river is Manōmenāskon-Sipiah, "rice stalks river", referring to the importance of wild rice as a staple in the traditional Menominee and Ojibwe diets.[3] [4] The word "Little" is used to distinguish it from the larger Big Eau Pleine River, which is another tributary of the Wisconsin River.