Canoe Creek (Upper Iowa River tributary)

Canoe Creek is a 33.2-mile-long (53.4 km)[1] tributary of the Upper Iowa River. It rises in Burr Oak Township in Winneshiek County, Iowa. North Canoe Creek rises in Hesper Township, meeting the main stream in Canoe Township. Canoe Creek continues through Pleasant Township to enter the Upper Iowa just into Allamakee County in Hanover Township, in the state-maintained Canoe Creek Wildlife Management Area.

Canoe Creek
Canoe Creek (the red dot indicates the confluence between the creek and the river) (EPA)
Location
CountryUS
StateIowa
DistrictWinneshiek County, Iowa, Fillmore County, Minnesota
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates43°30′18″N 91°50′55″W / 43.5049°N 91.8485°W / 43.5049; -91.8485
MouthUpper Iowa River
 • coordinates
43°22′03″N 91°37′00″W / 43.3675°N 91.6168°W / 43.3675; -91.6168
 • elevation
738 ft (225 m)
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Canoe Creek (Upper Iowa River tributary)

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 13, 2011