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The Ahnapee River on February 7, 2022, taken from the International Space Station. The source of the river (lower right) is at the southeast of
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The Ahnapee rises in southern Door County and flows generally southeastwardly into northeastern Kewaunee County, past the village of
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The upper part of the Forestville Millpond, with the upper portion of the Ahnapee River flowing into it; taken June 27, 2020
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The lower part of the Forestville Millpond and the start of the lower portion of the Ahnapee River; taken June 27, 2020
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U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.
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The source of the upper portion of the Ahnapee River upstream from where it crosses
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by the Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission, June 2019, page 4 (electronic page 8)
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The Ahnapee on June 27, 2020 as it crosses the Door–Kewaunee county line.
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Wisconsin DNR page about Ahnapee River Wetlands, including photographs
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A Canoe Trip on the Ahnapee River with Herb Klein and Cal Holvenstadt
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Interactive trail map showing the Ahnapee river ending in Algoma
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The river in Algoma, from a postcard postmarked in 1960
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Ojibwe
United States
Wisconsin
Door Peninsula
Wisconsin
44°46′08″N 87°32′21″W / 44.76889°N 87.53917°W / 44.76889; -87.53917
Mouth
Lake Michigan
Algoma
Wisconsin
44°36′30″N 87°25′59″W / 44.60833°N 87.43306°W / 44.60833; -87.43306
Silver Creek
river
Door Peninsula
Wisconsin
United States
Door County, Wisconsin
Kewaunee County
Lake Michigan
Algoma
Ojibwe
Forestville
dammed
freshwater estuary
rail trail
Ahnapee State Trail
The Ahnapee River on February 7, 2022, taken from the International Space Station. The source of the river (lower right) is at the southeast of Gardner Swamp. The millpond at Forestville (center) appears as a long white spot. The river flows southwest towards its mouth at Algoma (upper left).
Gardner Swamp
The source of the upper portion of the Ahnapee River upstream from where it crosses Wisconsin Highway 57, taken June 27, 2020

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