Little Mackinaw River
River
40°32′06″N 89°14′47″W / 40.5350379°N 89.246475°W / 40.5350379; -89.246475 (Little Mackinaw River origin) • location
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The Little Mackinaw River is an 18.5-mile-long (29.8 km)[1] river in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a tributary of the Mackinaw River, which it joins near Hopedale in Tazewell County.[2] The river's name is derived from the Ojibwe word mikinaak meaning "turtle".[3]
Cities, towns and counties
The following cities, towns and villages are drained by the Little Mackinaw:
- Danvers
- Hopedale
The following Illinois counties are in part drained by the Little Mackinaw:
- McLean
- Tazewell
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 13, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Mackinaw River
- ^ Nichols, John D.; Nyholm, Earl (1995). A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
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