Trempealeau River
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The Trempealeau River (pronounced TREM-puh-lo, from the French trempe à l'eau, dip in water) is an {{convert|81.5|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed October 5, 2012 tributary of the Mississippi River in the Driftless Area of western Wisconsin in the United States.
Course
The Trempealeau River rises in western Jackson County as two streams, its North and South Branches; the South Branch has at times been known as the main stem of the river, and the North Branch has at times been known as "Bovee Creek". The two streams join just east of Hixton, and the Trempealeau initially flows generally westwardly into Trempealeau County, past Hixton, Taylor, Blair, Whitehall and Independence. Near Independence, the river turns to the southwest and flows past Arcadia; in its lower course, it is used to define the boundary between Trempealeau and Buffalo counties. The Trempealeau flows into the Mississippi River just downstream of Winona, Minnesota at Perrot State Park.
Gallery
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See also
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060614200243/http://reference.allrefer.com/gazetteer/T/T06114-trempealeau-river.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry]
- DeLorme (1992). Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme. {{ISBN|0-89933-247-1}}.
- {{Gnis|1575594|Trempealeau River}}
- {{Gnis|1570397|North Branch Trempealeau River}}
- {{Gnis|1574417|South Branch Trempealeau River}}
External links
- {{commons category-inline|Trempealeau River}}
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Category:Tributaries of the Mississippi River
Category:Rivers of Buffalo County, Wisconsin
Category:Rivers of Jackson County, Wisconsin