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	Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AoCs): Menominee River \| Great Lakes \| US EPA
		The Menominee River Area of Concern (AoC) includes the lower three miles (4.8 km) of the river from the Upper Scott Paper Company (Wisconsin) Dam to the river's mouth and approximately 3.1 miles (5 km) north and south of the mouth along the adjacent shoreline of Green Bay.
		A vision statement for the desired future state of the Lower Menominee River was developed by the CAC and used as guidance in the preparation of RAP goals and objectives that were developed jointly by the CAC and TAC.
		The Menominee River was sampled in 1993-1995 as part of the tributary monitoring portion of the Lake Michigan Mass Balance Modeling project.
	www.epa.gov /glnpo/aoc/menominee.html (2132 words)

	Encyclopedia: Menominee River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Menominee River is a river in northwestern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in the United States.
		The region through which the river flows was formerly a center of iron ore mining.
		The name of the river comes from the name of a Algonquin language term meaning "wild rice," or "in the place of wild rice," named for the Menominee tribe who lived in the area and subsisted on the plant.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Menominee-River (222 words)

	Menominee
		Although the Jesuits visited the Menominee, most of their efforts were concentrated on the Huron and Ottawa (with whom there had been earlier converts), and for the most part, the Menominee kept their traditional religion for the time being.
		Menominee warriors fought at Fort Duquesne, Fort Oswego, Fort William Henry, and in the defense of Quebec.
		Besides the Menominee, the conference was attended by the Ojibwe, Fox, Sauk, Iowa, Sioux, Winnebago, Ottawa, and Potawatomi.
	www.dickshovel.com /men.html (6089 words)

	Detroit River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Detroit River is about 51 km (32 miles) long and 1 to 4 km (0.5 to 2.5 miles) wide in the (A group of 5 lakes in central North America) Great Lakes system.
		The "Strait" referred to in the name of the river is the strait between (A lake between Ontario and Michigan; connected with Lake Huron and Lake Erie) Lake St. Clair to (The 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal) Lake Erie.
		The islands of the lower Detroit River are part of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/de/detroit_river.htm (348 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Menominee Indians
		The next morning the fish entered the river in such abundance that the Indians, firmly convinced of the efficacy of his teaching, crowded to be instructed every evening on their return from their fishing.
		The Menominee mission grew and flourished until the outbreak of the long war inaugurated by the Foxes against the French (1712), which continued some thirty years, and resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Fox tribe and the ruin of the Wisconsin missions.
		Physically the Menominee are among the finest of the native tribes of America, being well formed, straight, and of a rathe rlight complexion, with manly, intelligent, and mild expression.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10192a.htm (1544 words)

	Raft Wisconsin-Wisconsin white water rafting trips at Kosirs, Athelstane WI
		This trip is the same stretch of river that our spring trip covers but the weather is much warmer and so is the water.
		The river level may be lower but the thrill is always there.
		The mighty Menominee is a large volume river, which has one of the greatest flows in the Midwest, with rapids and hydraulics similar to those of great western rivers.
	www.kosirs.com /rivers.html (1420 words)

	The Silvercliff.com Rafting Page
		For private boaters, there are many hundreds of miles of rivers and streams to explore that have gradient falls and rapids almost all secluded in the County, State or National Forests.
		The minimum age at Kosir's, is 12 on the Peshtigo and 16 on the Menominee, and we had a gentleman in his 80's run a few years ago.
		The Menominee River is a great rafting trip for those that want big water like you might find on some of the well known western or eastern rivers.
	www.silvercliff.com /rafting (1000 words)

	Wildman Whitewater Ranch - Whitewater Rafting
		Granite rock formations and spectacular scenery are encountered along the tree-lined shores of the river.
		The world class Menominee River provides the Whitewater enthusiast with some of the LARGEST VOLUME RAPIDS IN THE MIDWEST, with characteristics similar to those found on the Colorado River.
		Menominee River trips are based at Wildman Great Outdoors a short scenic drive from Wildman Ranch.
	www.wildmanranch.com /rafting.php (1164 words)

	Fishing Michigan with Little Bay de Noc Fishing Charters near Escanaba, Gladstone and Rapid River Michigan - Captain ...
		The key to fishing any rivers is again being a versatile, mobile fisherman looking for the most active fish and once finding them using a number of methods to catching as many of the biting fish you can.
		Let's not forget that this entire watery both north and south of the Menominee River are year round fisheries and the summer times months through fall hold some great fishing.
		The river is known for its smallmouth bass fishery and walleye and gives quick access to the bay.
	www.littlebaydenoc.com /riverfishing.htm (1430 words)

	MDOT - US-41 / Menominee River
		The bridge over the Menominee River Between Menominee and Marinette has historically been the source of controversy: between rival factions, between the two communities, and between the two states.
		The Menominee County segment was completed in 1865; local interests soon began pressing for a bridge here to replace the existing ferry service across the Menominee River.
		Finally, in March 1927 Menominee voters approved the middle bridge (their share of which would now be paid completely by federal and state funds) and a bond issue for a new drawbridge.
	www.michigan.gov /mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11154_11188-29369--,00.html (1033 words)

	WDNR - Regional and Breaking News Releases - Menominee River Lake Sturgeon season begins September 3
		The Menominee is a boundary river for Michigan and Wisconsin and both states cooperate in the areas of regulation and enforcement.
		Efforts to reach the lake sturgeon population’s carrying capacity of the Menominee River are restricted by both the hydroelectric dams and overharvest.
		In Marinette County, eight hydroelectric dams on the Menominee fragment its fish populations.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/caer/ce/news/rbnews/2005/083005ner1.htm (514 words)

	Menominee River Century Bicycle Ride
		An enjoyable ride along Green Bay, the Peshtigo River and Scenic roads of Marinette County.
		River Road - One of Michigan's finest bicycle routes.
		River Road winds along the Menominee River for 20 miles.
	www.mrcride.com /routes.html (379 words)

	MENOMINEE - Online Information article about MENOMINEE
		Menominee became the county-seat in 1874, was chartered as a city in 1883, and in 1891 and in 1901 it was re-chartered; in 1903 an See also:
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		Indians,' an Algonquian tribe formerly ranging over a consider-able territory in Wisconsin and Michigan, who seem to have been first visited by whites in 1634, when Nicolet found them at the mouth of the Menominee river, and now number about 1600, most of them being under the Green Bay school superintendency, Wisconsin.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MEC_MIC/MENOMINEE.html (445 words)

	Menominee River Watershed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Menominee River Watershed is a very large watershed that forms part of the Michigan-Wisconsin boarder before draining its contents into Green Bay on Lake Michigan.
		The portion of the Menominee System in Marquette County occurs in the western part of the county.
		Major dams on the Marquette County part of the system are located at the south end of Lake Michigamme and in the town of Republic on the Michigamme River.
	www.superiorwatersheds.org /wsmenom.asp (149 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Off U.S. 41 in Menominee on the Menominee River east of the Interstate Bridge and alongside the M and M Plaza Mall.
		A 19 acre wilderness area on the Menominee River, surrounded by public access lands with 11 campsites for tent and trailer, picnic tables, water, toilets, boat landing, ample parking, hiking trails and fishing sites.
		Off County Road 356 to the White Rapids dam on the Menominee River, 35 miles from Menominee.
	www.menomineecounty.com /Park_Rec/mapinfo/parkmap.html (897 words)

	Great Lakes Ship Photos
		Menominee and Marinette saw its first Wagenborg ship when the Vlieborg visited the harbor with a load of wood pulp on Sept. 7, 2001.
		Varnebank - In the Menominee River passing the lighthouse with a load of pulp from Kotka, Finland for K&K Warehouse.
		Vancouverborg - Arrived in Menominee with a load of pulp from Finland on 10/28, but had to anchor out in the bay of Green Bay because her fleetmate, Prinsenborg, was already at the K&K East Dock (where the Vancouverborg needs to dock).
	dlund.20m.com /lund3.html (3115 words)

	20th Annual Menominee River Century
		A small group from Marinette General and Menominee County Lloyd hospitals, and community residents, met in response to Dr. Ken Yuska's inspiration from the Door County Century.
		Out of this meeting came the ideas and concepts that have made the Menominee River Century (MRC) what it is today, a ride that showcases the beauty of the river that runs between Marinette, Wis. and Menominee, Mich.
		In 1986, a pontoon was used to ferry riders across the Menominee River.
	www.silentsports.net /features/20th_annual_menominee_river_ce.html (1648 words)

	Menominee River Natural Resource Area, Menominee River
		Remnants of a dam hand-built by workers of the Menominee River Boom Co. nearly a hundred years ago can still be spied at Quiver Falls, at the northern end of the new Resource Area, he says.
		The five-mile reach of river between Quiver Falls and Pemene Falls is quick and boisterous in places, edged by rocky bluffs on the Michigan side with woods and swamps beyond.
		During the 1800s the Menominee River was frequently awash in logs -- white and Norway pine milled into lumber for settlers' homes in Wisconsin, northern Illinois and the Great Plains.
	www.wnrmag.com /stories/1997/oct97/mellon.htm (748 words)

	American Whitewater - River Reach #3222
		Menominee, WI C) Pemene Falls (Silence of the Lambs)
		From 141 South of Pembine, turn East onto County Rd Z. Proceed 10 miles down Z until you cross the Menominee River.
		It is a chunk of old dam on the river right side of Lecter Wave.
	www.americanwhitewater.org /rivers/id/3222 (616 words)

	Menominee River
		Forming the eastern boundary of Marinette County, the Menominee separates Wisconsin from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
		NOTE: Portions of the upper river are extremely dangerous and should only be run by experts in decked boats.
		The lower river has a slower current with some low-hazard rapids.
	www.travelwisconsin.com /searchenginedetails/18239.html (74 words)

	Dredging News Online - Action to address arsenic contamination in Menominee River, Wisconsin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Dredging designed to remove sediment contaminated with high levels of arsenic from the Menominee River in Wisconsin was due to start in June according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US, and should be completed by the end of 1999.
		Ansul was also responsible for on-site construction of the groundwater barrier system to prevent the continued migration of arsenic-contaminated groundwater into the Menominee River from the Ansul facility.
		At the Menominee River Turning Basin, which is also addressed under the Agreement, Ansul will conduct additional investigations of the extent and severity of arsenic contaminationin basin sediment.
	www.sandandgravel.com /news/environmental/environmental_5.htm (264 words)

	Menominee River
		If you have canoed a river in Wisconsin, please click river reviews and post your trip.
		The river splits around an island and the biggest rapids are on the right..
		Next the river bends through some gorges and drops several feet in the Twin Sisters rapids Class II-III.
	www.huntfishcampwisconsin.com /MenomoneeR.html (202 words)

	Menominee River Century Bicycle Loop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Well established as one of the Midwest's finest bicycle rides, the Menominee River Century is a familiar name to most bicyclists.
		Those who would like to ride a route with a few less bicyclists will find the loop superb at any time of the year.
		River Road winds along the Menominee River for 20 miles before ending in the City of Menominee, Michigan.
	www.marinettecounty.com /menominee_river_loop.htm (249 words)

	Menominee River Rafting in Wisconsin \| RaftInfo.com
		The Menominee River, located in northeast Wisconsin, is a dam controlled river offering outstanding water levels all season.
		The Menominee River offers a scenic trip containing up to Class IV rapids, below Michicot Falls in the Piers Gorge.
		To learn about other rivers offering whitewater rafting in Wisconsin with a list of outfitters in the area, use the drop down menu to the right.
	www.raftinfo.com /menominee.htm (79 words)

	Dredging News Online - Action to address arsenic contamination in Menominee River, Wisconsin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Dredging work is due to be completed by the end of 1999 to remove arsenic contaminated sediment from the 8th Street Slip on the Menominee River in Wisconsin in the US.
		Ansul completed on-site construction of the groundwater barrier system to prevent the continued migration of arsenic-contaminated groundwater into the Menominee River from the Ansul facility.
		At the Menominee River Turning Basin, which is also addressed under the Agreement, Ansul will conduct additional investigations of the extent and severity of arsenic contamination in basin sediment.
	www.sandandgravel.com /news/environmental/environmental_9.htm (233 words)

	Fox Valley Sierra Group - Menominee River Mining
		The Menominee River separates Wisconsin and Upper Michigan as its waters flow into the bay of Green Bay.It also separates Wisconsin from drills that have been poking for months around Lake Township in Menominee County, Mich., thanks to mining explorers who are studying zinc, copper, gold and silver.
		A group of citizens concerned about potential mining of minerals in Menominee County has taken its information campaign a step further by establishing a Web site and setting up future meetings with state officials.
		Mary Nitkowski, one of the members of that citizens' group, said Monday a Web site at www.menomineeriver.com will allow them to impart information as they receive it to other people in and out of the area about mining exploration in Lake Township.
	wisconsin.sierraclub.org /foxvalley/menRiverMining.html (829 words)

	Great Lakes Areas of Concern: Menominee River, Michigan, Wisconsin
		Six of 14 beneficial use impairments have been identified through the Remedial Action Plan (RAP) process.
		Since fish advisories change year to year, the Michigan Fish Advisory guide (published annually) should be consulted for restrictions and advisories.
		The Stage 1 Report for the Lower Menominee River RAP was completed and submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and International Joint Commission (IJC) in 1991.
	www.glc.org /demo/aoc/lowmeno (2608 words)

	Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Home Page
		The Menominee Tribe's history is unique because our origin or creation begins at the mouth of the Menominee River, a mere 60 miles east of our present Menominee Indian Reservation.
		Explore and feel the history of the Menominee Indian Tribe from past to present.
		The people of the Menominee Indian Tribe support our warriors with pride, respect and honor while they serve in the armed forces.
	www.menominee-nsn.gov (258 words)

	AllRefer.com - Menominee, river, United States, United States (U.S. Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
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		Menominee, river, 118 mi (190 km) long, formed by the union of the Brule and the Michigamme rivers above Iron Mountain, W Upper Peninsula, N Mich., and flowing SE into Green Bay at Menominee.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MenominRiv.html (161 words)

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