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Galena River (Illinois)

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Other name(s)
  
Rivière aux Fèves

Length
  
84 km

GNIS ID
  
426934

Country
  
United States of America

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Main source
  
Lafayette County northwest of Belmont, Wisconsin 1,153 ft (351 m)

River mouth
  
Confluence with the Mississippi southwest of Galena, Illinois 591 ft (180 m)

Progression
  
Galena River → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico

Source
  
Lafayette County, Wisconsin

The Galena River, also known as the Fevre or Fever River, is a 52.4-mile-long (84.3 km) river which flows through the Midwestern United States.

Contents

Map of Galena River, United States

Geography

The river rises in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, south of Benton and southwest of Shullsburg. It enters Illinois in Jo Daviess County to flow through the city of Galena before it joins the upper Mississippi River a few miles south and west. The river is part of the Driftless Area of Illinois and Wisconsin. This region was ice-free during the Wisconsin glaciation and underwent hundreds of thousands of years of glacial-free erosion. The river also occupies a substantial canyon.

History

The river was originally known as "Rivière aux Fèves" and "Bean River" due to the large amounts of wild beans that grew along its banks. Following English language code-switching of the French river name "Rivière aux Fèves", the river name was corrupted and was eventually referred to as "Fever River".

Winnebago War

The Winnebago War of 1827, also known as the "Fevre River War", is associated with this river.

References

Galena River (Illinois) Wikipedia