Castor River (Missouri)

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Map of the St. Francis River watershed showing Little River. The Castor/Whitewater headwaters (darker shade on the map) were historically part of the St. Francis watershed via Little River but are now diverted to the Mississippi by the Headwater Diversion Channel. Stfrancisrivermap.png
Map of the St. Francis River watershed showing Little River. The Castor/Whitewater headwaters (darker shade on the map) were historically part of the St. Francis watershed via Little River but are now diverted to the Mississippi by the Headwater Diversion Channel.

The Castor River is divided into the Upper Castor River and the Lower Castor River by the Headwater Diversion Channel. [1]

Headwater Diversion Channel canal in the United States of America

The Headwater Diversion Channel is a canal in southeast Missouri. Flowing west to east, it diverts the headwaters of the Castor and Whitewater rivers and Crooked Creek directly into the Mississippi River south of Cape Girardeau. It was built between 1910 and 1916 by the Little River Drainage District. The streams diverted by the Headwater Diversion Channel formerly flowed into the Little River, and their portions that are downstream of the Diversion Channel still do so.

The Upper Castor rises in the southern corner of Ste. Genevieve County of southeast Missouri about ten miles north-northeast of Fredericktown. [1] The river flows south through eastern Madison County into the eastern edge of Wayne County to Bollinger County where it empties into the Headwater Diversion Channel, which flows into the Mississippi River just south of Cape Girardeau. [2]

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The Lower Castor River south of the Diversion Channel flows south where it joins the Little River.

Castor is a name derived from French meaning "beaver". [3] The stream was mentioned by Henry Schoolcraft in his 1818 report on his exploration of southern Missouri. [1]

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Hawker Creek is a stream in Bollinger County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It was a tributary to the Castor River, but now flows into the Headwater Diversion Channel.

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Whitener Creek is a stream in western Bollinger and southeastern Madison counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Castor River.

Bear Creek is a stream in Bollinger and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Castor River.

Gribler Creek is a stream in Bollinger and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of McGee Creek.

Turkey Creek is a stream in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Castor River.

Whitewater River (Missouri)

Historically, the name Whitewater River applied to a 120 km long stream that headed approximately two miles east of the community of Womack in St. Francois County flowing south through Perry, Bollinger, Cape Girardeau and Stoddard counties before entering the Little River near Bell City. However, in the early 20th century, the Little River Drainage District constructed the Headwater Diversion Channel, which bisected the Whitewater River, causing the northern section of the stream to be diverted into the diversion channel, and separating the southern portion from its original headwaters. In 2007, the Board on Geographic Names approved a proposal to rename the two portions Upper Whitewater Creek and Lower Whitewater Creek. With the Upper Whitewater Creek now flowing through the Headwater Diversion Channel to the Mississippi River just south of Cape Girardeau.

Crooked Creek is a stream in Bollinger and Cape Girardeau counties of southeast Missouri. It is a tributary to the Headwater Diversion Channel.

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Castor River (Missouri)
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 58 and 67 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Bollinger County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

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