The Spirit River is a tributary of the
Wisconsin River
The Wisconsin River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, at approximately 430 miles (692 km) long. As a tributary of the Mississippi River, it is part of the Mississippi River System. The river's name was first recorded in 1673 b ...
with headwaters in
Price County and a confluence with the Wisconsin in
Lincoln County just downstream from
Lake Mohawksin
Lake Mohawksin is the name of the reservoir on the Wisconsin River formed by the Tomahawk Dam. The dam is located about one mile south of the city limits of Tomahawk, Wisconsin. Lake Mohawksin was originally called Lake Tomahawk, but the name was ...
. The source is
Spirit Lake near
Timms Hill
Timms Hill or Timm's Hill is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and is located in north-central Wisconsin in Timms Hill County Park in the Town of Hill in Price County. After being surveyed by Quentin Stevens of Ogema Tele ...
. The
Ojibwe
The Ojibwe (; Ojibwe writing systems#Ojibwe syllabics, syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: ''Ojibweg'' ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (''Ojibwewaki'' ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Great Lakes region and the Great Plains, n ...
name for the river was ''Manatokikewe Sebe'' (Stooping Spirit River).
[
] The river flows nearly west to east. About one mile from its mouth, the
Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company maintains a dam which forms the Spirit River Flowage.
See also
*
List of rivers in Wisconsin
Notes
External links
*
File:SpiritFalls-1992-07.JPG , Spirit Falls (viewed upstream).
File:SpiritFlowage-1987-11.JPG , The Spirit River Flowage.
File:SpiritRiver-Canoeing-1994-B.JPG , Spring time on the Spirit River.
Rivers of Lincoln County, Wisconsin
Rivers of Price County, Wisconsin
Rivers of Wisconsin
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