Killsnake River
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The Killsnake River is a small river in eastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is a tributary of the South Branch of the Manitowoc River, which flows to Lake Michigan.
The river flows for its entire course in central Calumet County. It rises about 3 mi (5 km) east of Lake Winnebago and flows generally east-southeastwardly; it joins the South Branch of the Manitowoc River about 6 mi (10 km) east of Chilton in the Killsnake Wildlife Area.
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[edit] Killsnake Wildlife Area
The 5,777 acres (23.38 km²) surrounding where the Killsnake River joins the Manitowoc River has been designated a wildlife refuge by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.[1] The area is located entirely in the Town of Rantoul.
[edit] Registered historic area
There are four archaeological sites ranging from a major Early Paleo-Indian campsite from 9000 B.C. to a Potawatomi village from the mid-1800s located in the wildlife area,[2] and the site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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[edit] Sources
- ^ Wildlife areas in Northeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Retrieved July 17, 2007
- ^ Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine; April 1999; Retrieved July 17, 2007
- DeLorme (1992). Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-247-1.
- USGS GNIS: Killsnake River
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