• Source: Fox River (Illinois River tributary)

The Fox river" target="_blank">River is a 202-mile-long (325 km) tributary of the Illinois river" target="_blank">River, flowing from southeastern Wisconsin to Ottawa, Illinois in the United States. The Wisconsin section was known as the Pishtaka river" target="_blank">River in the 19th century. There is another Fox river" target="_blank">River in Wisconsin that flows through Lake Winnebago into Green Bay. There are also two other "Fox Rivers" in southern Illinois: the Fox river" target="_blank">River (Little Wabash tributary) and a smaller "Fox river" target="_blank">River" that joins the Wabash river" target="_blank">River near New Harmony, Indiana.
The Fox river" target="_blank">River (Illinois river" target="_blank">River tributary) is known locally as an excellent fishery with opportunities for Smallmouth Bass, Flathead Catfish, and Walleye. The rivers watershed encompasses 1720 square miles in Illinois and 938 square miles in Wisconsin.




Wisconsin



The Fox river" target="_blank">River rises in the Halbach Swamp, 1 mi (1.6 km) southeast of the community of Colgate, Wisconsin and flows past Brookfield, Waukesha, Big Bend, Waterford, Rochester, Burlington, Wheatland, Silver Lake and Wilmot, for a total of 84 miles (135 km) in Wisconsin.
A major dam in Waterford forms a 1,200-acre (4.9 km2) navigable waterway which is one of the busiest in southeastern Wisconsin. The river" target="_blank">river is generally navigable from the Iron Bridge (now a concrete bridge) in Tichigan, Wisconsin (just south of Big Bend) down to the dam. The river" target="_blank">river connects several small lakes in this section, and one large lake, Tichigan Lake and one smaller lake, Buena Lake. The entire area including connected lakes and the Fox are often referred to as Tichigan Lake.
At the southern end of this section, Foxwood Isle separates the main dam to its west and a spillway to the east.
A small dam is present just a few miles south in downtown Rochester. The river" target="_blank">river then flows unobstructed through Burlington, where it joins the White river" target="_blank">River, and on to Wilmot. This is a popular and picturesque day-canoe trip never straying far from the road, but often just out of sight of it.
Flooding is common on this section of the river" target="_blank">river, especially near Wheatland to the border.
The Fox river" target="_blank">River watershed encompasses 938 square miles in Wisconsin.




Illinois





The river" target="_blank">river enters Illinois where it widens into a large area of interconnected lakes known as the Chain O'Lakes. Fox Lake is the largest village in this area. From the chain, the river" target="_blank">river flows generally southward for 118 miles (190 km), until it joins the Illinois river" target="_blank">River at Ottawa. Illinois towns and communities that are on the Fox river" target="_blank">River include (from north to south): Fox Lake, Johnsburg, McHenry, Holiday Hills, Island Lake, Burtons Bridge, Port Barrington, Cary, Fox river" target="_blank">River Grove, Algonquin, Carpentersville, West Dundee, East Dundee, Elgin, South Elgin, St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, North Aurora, Aurora, Montgomery, Oswego, Yorkville, Plano, Millington, Sheridan and Ottawa. Collectively, the area surrounding the Fox river" target="_blank">River is known as the Fox Valley. Around 1 million people live in this area.
Native American tribes that lived near the Fox river" target="_blank">River included the Potawatomi, Sac, and Fox tribes.
The Fox river" target="_blank">River has 15 dams, including McHenry Dam, which raises the river" target="_blank">river slightly to maintain depth in the Chain O'Lakes in northern Illinois, the Montgomery Dam and the Dayton Dam, a hydroelectric dam near Ottawa. In September 2023, the United States Army Corps of Engineers issued a draft report recommending the removal of nine of these dams for environmental reasons.
In the winter, bald eagles can be found nesting along the banks.
Early in the history of Illinois, the Fox river" target="_blank">River provided water for the Illinois and Michigan Canal via a feeder canal, allowing the canal to pass over the Fox river" target="_blank">River on an aqueduct.
The Fox river" target="_blank">River watershed encompasses 1720 square miles in Illinois.




See also


List of rivers of Illinois
List of rivers of Wisconsin
Fox river" target="_blank">River Trail (Illinois)
Tri-Cities, Illinois
James F. Phillips




References






External links



Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources
Watershed - Lower Fox river" target="_blank">River - Illinois (FX02)
Watershed - Middle Fox river" target="_blank">River - Illinois (FX04)
Watershed - Upper Fox river" target="_blank">River - Illinois (FX07)
Fox river" target="_blank">River Paddling/Fishing page[usurped]
Friends of the Fox river" target="_blank">River
Fox river" target="_blank">River Ecosystem Partnership (IL)
Fox river" target="_blank">River CAUSE (WI)
Southeast Fox river" target="_blank">River Partnership (WI)

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