Spirit River (Wisconsin)

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Spirit River
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Spirit Falls, New Year's Day 2013
Location
Country United States
State Wisconsin
Region Price County, Lincoln County
Physical characteristics
Source Spirit Lake
  location Price County, Wisconsin
  coordinates 45°23′5″N90°8′0″W / 45.38472°N 90.13333°W / 45.38472; -90.13333
Mouth Confluence with the Wisconsin River
  location
Bradley Township, Lincoln County, Wisconsin
  coordinates
45°26′08″N89°43′14″W / 45.43556°N 89.72056°W / 45.43556; -89.72056
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftSquaw Creek (Wisconsin)
  rightCoffee Creek (Wisconsin)

The Spirit River is a tributary of the Wisconsin River with headwaters in Price County and a confluence with the Wisconsin in Lincoln County just downstream from Lake Mohawksin. The source is Spirit Lake near Timms Hill. The Ojibwe name for the river was Manatokikewe Sebe (Stooping Spirit River). [1] The river flows nearly west to east. About one mile from its mouth, the Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company maintains a dam which forms the Spirit River Flowage.

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  1. Calkins, Hiram (1854). "Indian Nomenclature, and the Chippewas". Wisconsin Historical Collections. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. I: 120. Retrieved January 30, 2013.



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