The St. Croix River, also known in Dakota as Hoġan Wanḳe Kin, is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about 169 mi long, in the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Minnesota. The lower 125 mi of the river f
St. Croix River at the St. Croix Crossing
Aerial photo near Prescott, Wisconsin, where the clearer waters of the St. Croix meet the muddier Mississippi River.
St Croix River, MN
St. Croix River Dalles at Interstate State Park, Wisconsin.
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Minneapolis–Saint Paul is a major metropolitan area built around the confluence of the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix rivers in east central Minnesota. The area is commonly known as the Twin Ci
St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota)
…a National Scenic Riverway under the protection of the National Park Service. A hydroelectric plant at the Saint Croix Falls Dam supplies power to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. The St. Croix River rises in the northwestern corner of Wisconsin, out of Upper St. Croix Lake in Douglas County, near Solon Springs…
Minneapolis Skyline looking south
Saint Paul skyline, West Side
St. Croix River in Stillwater
St. Paul with barges on the Mississippi River, the Capitol dome, and Minneapolis's skyline in the far background (right of St. Paul). In the lower right is a typical 19th century home in Indian Mounds Park.