St. Marys River (Indiana and Ohio) explained

Saint Marys River
Map:Maumeerivermap.png
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:States
Source1:confluence of East Branch and Center Branch
Source1 Coordinates:40.5372°N -84.3628°W
Mouth Coordinates:41.0833°N -85.1322°W
Progression:St. Marys River → Maumee River → Lake Erie → Great Lakes → St Lawrence River → Gulf of St. Lawrence
Source1 Elevation:854feet
Mouth Elevation:745feet
Length:99miles
Basin Size:793.1sqmi[1]
Custom Label:GNIS ID

The St. Marys River (Shawnee: Kokothikithiipi,[2] in Miami-Illinois: Nameewa siipiiwi)[3] is a 99adj=midNaNadj=mid[4] tributary of the Maumee River (Miami-Illinois: Taawaawa siipiiwi) in northwestern Ohio and northeastern Indiana in the United States. Prior to development, it was part of the Great Black Swamp. Today, it drains a primarily rural farming region in the watershed of Lake Erie.

It is formed in southern Auglaize County in western Ohio by the confluence of the short East Branch and Center Branch. It flows briefly west to St. Marys, approaching to within two miles of Grand Lake before turning to the north. In northwestern Auglaize County it turns sharply to the west-northwest, flowing past Rockford and Willshire into Adams County, Indiana. In northeastern Indiana it flows northwest through Decatur, then enters Fort Wayne. It hooks around in its last half mile (0.8 km) to join the St. Joseph River (in Miami-Illinois: Kociihsasiipi) from the west to form the Maumee in downtown Fort Wayne.

The World War II-era US Navy vessel St. Mary's River was named after this river.

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Notes and References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. Watershed Boundary Dataset, area data covering St. Marys River watershed (8-digit Hydrologic Unit Code 04100004), viewed in The National Map, accessed 2020-05-26.
  2. Web site: Shawnees Webpage . Shawnee's Reservation . 2013-04-26 . 1997 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130502054932/http://reocities.com/SouthBeach/Cove/8286/speach.html . 2013-05-02 .
  3. Web site: myaamiaatawaakani Myaamia Dictionary . 2017-04-22 . 2017-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170830003624/https://myaamiadictionary.org/dictionary2015/search/search.php?search=river&stem=stem&inflected=inflected&sentences=sentences&command=command&language=both&website=t . dead .
  4. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 19, 2011