Nemadji River

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The Nemadji River is a river situated in Douglas County, Wisconsin. The river is 20 miles (32 km) long and is formed by the joining of the North Fork Nemadji and South Fork Nemadji rivers. The Nemadji river empties into Lake Superior at Allouez Bay, which is near the City of Superior's east-side neighborhood of Allouez and Wisconsin Point.

Nemadji comes from the Ojibwe language, pronounced "ne-madji-tic-guay-och, meaning left-hand river [1]

In 1992, a Burlington Northern train derailed south of Superior, releasing 30,000 gallons of aromatic hydrocarbons, a highly toxic chemical, into the Nemadji river. Fish, wildlife and other resources were severely affected by the incident. In March 2004, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a draft that would use funds received from a settlement with Burlington Northern to restore a portion of the Lake Superior basin affected by the incident. [2]

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• Nemadji River Home Page
• Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for Natural Resource Injuries Resulting from the Nemadji River Spill
• Columbia Gazatteer - Nemadji River