98:). However a dam was built to block off its mouth, a narrow channel was cut above the dam to the St. Croix River, the channel was dammed, and a mill was built to exploit the head of water that the two dams created. Subsequently, the Willow River Power Company built a hydroelectric facility to utilize the same head of water, but the head was substantially decreased when the United States built the Red Wing Dam 30 miles (48 km) downstream on the
17:
259:
143:
The status of the Willow River as a non-navigable stream figured in constitutional litigation over whether a head of water to which it contributed was a property interest for purposes of the
144:
249:
70:
44:
186:
149:
254:
32:
126:
114:
64:
21:
198:
52:
56:
133:
122:
110:
118:
219:
105:
The river winds back and forth with a slow flowage. In its upper reaches it flows through the
99:
60:
106:
243:
136:. River access is available at New Richmond's Nature Center. Each spring rainbow and
169:
U.S. Geological Survey. National
Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.
59:. The river at one time flowed unobstructed into the lower St. Croix River between
48:
16:
137:
85:
72:
40:
36:
170:
132:
The river can be navigated north of the unincorporated community of
15:
220:"United States v. Willow River Power Co., 324 U.S. 499 (1945)"
260:
Tributaries of the St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota)
140:are stocked at various locations along the river.
199:"DNR Catchable-Size Trout Stocking, Spring 2017"
109:Marsh State Wildlife Area. It passes south of
8:
181:
179:
31:is a 61.1-mile-long (98.3 km) river in
113:by about one mile. It then passes through
20:The lower reaches of the Willow River in
187:United States v. Willow River Power Co.
162:
150:United States v. Willow River Power Co.
250:Rivers of St. Croix County, Wisconsin
7:
14:
1:
125:. Near Burkhardt it enters
276:
173:, accessed October 5, 2012
127:Willow River State Park
55:east of the village of
39:, United States, and a
22:Willow River State Park
24:
86:44.98833°N 92.76278°W
19:
255:Rivers of Wisconsin
91:44.98833; -92.76278
82: /
25:
100:Mississippi River
267:
234:
233:
231:
230:
216:
210:
209:
203:
195:
189:
183:
174:
171:The National Map
167:
97:
96:
94:
93:
92:
87:
83:
80:
79:
78:
75:
33:St. Croix County
275:
274:
270:
269:
268:
266:
265:
264:
240:
239:
238:
237:
228:
226:
218:
217:
213:
201:
197:
196:
192:
184:
177:
168:
164:
159:
145:Fifth Amendment
90:
88:
84:
81:
76:
73:
71:
69:
68:
51:is in southern
45:St. Croix River
12:
11:
5:
273:
271:
263:
262:
257:
252:
242:
241:
236:
235:
211:
190:
175:
161:
160:
158:
155:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
272:
261:
258:
256:
253:
251:
248:
247:
245:
225:
221:
215:
212:
207:
200:
194:
191:
188:
182:
180:
176:
172:
166:
163:
156:
154:
152:
151:
146:
141:
139:
135:
130:
128:
124:
120:
116:
112:
108:
103:
101:
95:
66:
62:
58:
54:
50:
46:
42:
38:
34:
30:
23:
18:
227:. Retrieved
223:
214:
205:
193:
165:
148:
142:
131:
115:New Richmond
104:
65:North Hudson
29:Willow River
28:
26:
138:brook trout
89: /
53:Polk County
244:Categories
229:2018-01-08
224:Justia Law
157:References
77:92°45′46″W
74:44°59′18″N
57:Clear Lake
134:Burkhardt
123:Burkhardt
111:Deer Park
41:tributary
37:Wisconsin
119:Boardman
47:. Its
43:of the
206:WI DNR
121:, and
61:Hudson
49:source
202:(PDF)
147:, in
107:Cylon
185:See
63:and
27:The
246::
222:.
204:.
178:^
153:.
129:.
117:,
102:.
35:,
232:.
208:.
67:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
