Bad River (Wisconsin) 1507556 161932012 2007-10-03T02:29:07Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[pl:Bad River (Wisconsin)]] <!-- The following few lines create the "Infobox" table template. Please scroll down to edit the main content of the article. --> {{Geobox River <!-- *** Name section *** --> | name = Bad River | native_name = | other_name = | other_name1 = <!-- *** Map section *** --> | image = Bad River Wisconsin.jpg | image_size = 280 | image_caption = The Bad River in Copper Falls State Park in 2006 | image_first = <!-- *** Country etc. *** --> | country = United States | state = Wisconsin | region = | region1 = | city = | city1 = <!-- *** Geography *** --> | length = | length_imperial = 76 | length_note =<ref name=WDNR>{{cite web |url=http://dnr.wi.gov/org/gmu/superior/BasinPlan/watersheds/ls09.html |title=Lower Bad River Watershed |author= Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |accessdate= 2007-02-07}}</ref> | watershed = | watershed_imperial = 1061 | watershed_note =<ref name=WDNRw>{{cite web |url=http://dnr.wi.gov/org/gmu/sidebar/watersheds.html |title=Sum of watershed areas of Lower and Upper Bad River; Marengo River; Potato River; Tyler Forks; White River. |work= Watersheds of Wisconsin |author= Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |accessdate= 2007-02-07}}</ref> | discharge_location = | discharge_average = | discharge_average_imperial = | discharge_max = | discharge_max_imperial = | discharge_min = | discharge_min_imperial = | discharge1_location = | discharge1_average = | discharge1_average_imperial = <!-- *** Source *** --> | source_name = <nowiki>Caroline Lake</nowiki> | source_location = | source_location_note = | source_region = | source_country = | source_country1 = | source_lat_d = 46 | source_lat_m = 16 | source_lat_s = 05 | source_lat_NS = N | source_long_d = 90 | source_long_m = 33 | source_long_s = 40 | source_long_EW = W | source_coordinates_note =<ref name=GNIS>{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1578679}} |title=GNIS entry for Bad River (Feature ID #1578679)|author=Geographic Names Information System|authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-02-07}}</ref> | source_elevation = | source_elevation_imperial = 1522 | source_elevation_note =<ref>{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1562727}} |title=GNIS entry for Caroline Lake (Feature ID #1562727)|author=Geographic Names Information System|authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-02-07}}</ref> | source_length = | source_length_imperial = | source1_name = | source_meet = <!-- *** Mouth *** --> | mouth_name = Lake Superior | mouth_location = [[Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians|Bad River Indian Reservation]] | mouth_location_note = | mouth_country = | mouth_region = | mouth_country1 = | mouth_elevation = | mouth_elevation_imperial = 600 | mouth_elevation_note =<ref name=GNIS/> | mouth_lat_d = 46 | mouth_lat_m = 38 | mouth_lat_s = 17 | mouth_lat_NS = N | mouth_long_d = 90 | mouth_long_m = 39 | mouth_long_s = 09 | mouth_long_EW = W | mouth_coordinates_note =<ref name=GNIS/> <!-- *** Tributaries *** --> | tributary_left = | tributary_left1 = | tributary_right = | tributary_right1 = <!-- *** Map section *** --> | map = Badwirivermap.png | map_size = | map_caption = | map_first = }} [[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 == <!--See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags--> <div class="references-small"> <references /> </div> [[Category:Ashland County, Wisconsin]] [[Category:Rivers of Wisconsin]] [[pl:Bad River (Wisconsin)]]