Bad River (Wisconsin)
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| image_caption = The Bad River in Copper Falls State Park in 2006
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[[Image:Bad River mouth.jpg|thumb|280px|An aerial view of the mouth of the Bad River (center) and adjacent wetlands in 2006]]
The '''Bad River''' is a [[river]] flowing to [[Lake Superior]] in northern [[Wisconsin]] in the [[United States]]. It flows for 76 miles (122 km) in [[Ashland County, Wisconsin|Ashland County]], draining an area of 1,061 square miles (2,748 km²) in portions of Ashland, [[Bayfield County, Wisconsin|Bayfield]] and [[Iron County, Wisconsin|Iron]] Counties.
The Bad River issues from the southwestern end of Caroline Lake,<ref name=DeLorme>[[DeLorme]] (1992). ''Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer''. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme. pp. 95, 103. ISBN 0-89933-247-1.</ref> a 129 [[acre]] (51.6 [[hectare|ha]]) shallow lake on the boundary of Ashland and Iron Counties which drains an area of acidic [[peat]]lands to its east.<ref name=WDNRu>{{cite web |url=http://dnr.wi.gov/org/gmu/superior/BasinPlan/watersheds/ls14.html |title=Upper Bad River Watershed |author= Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |accessdate= 2007-02-07}}</ref> The Bad River initially flows southwestwardly before turning generally to the north for most of its course, along which it passes through the city of [[Mellen, Wisconsin|Mellen]], [[Copper Falls State Park]], and the community of [[Odanah, Wisconsin|Odanah]] in the [[Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians|Bad River Indian Reservation]].<ref name=DeLorme/> In the vicinity of Mellen, the riverbed is commonly [[bedrock]] and [[boulder]]-strewn with numerous [[whitewater]] rapids; the river passes over waterfalls and through a [[granite]] [[canyon|gorge]] in Copper Falls State Park.<ref name=WDNRu/> In its lower course in the Bad River Reservation the river's [[river delta|delta]] along Lake Superior contributes to a 16,000 acre (6400 ha) complex of [[wetland]]s known as [[slough (wetland)|slough]]s.<ref name=WDNR/>
The Bad River's largest [[tributary]] is the [[White River (northern Wisconsin)|White River]],<ref name=WDNRw/> which it collects near its mouth. Other principal tributaries include the [[Potato River (Wisconsin)|Potato]] and [[Marengo River|Marengo]] Rivers in its lower course; the [[Tyler Forks]] at Copper Falls State Park; and the [[Iron River (Bad River)|Iron River]] upstream of Mellen.<ref name=DeLorme/>
==Variant names==
The [[United States Board on Geographic Names]] issued a decision clarifying the Bad River's name and course in 1965. According to the [[Geographic Names Information System]], the stream has also been known historically as:<ref name=GNIS/>
*Mashki-Sibi
*Maskesipi
*Maskigo
*Mushkeesebe
*Swamp River
==See also==
*[[List of Wisconsin rivers]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Ashland County, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Rivers of Wisconsin]]
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