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River in Minnesota, United States
High Island Creek
High Island Creek is located in MinnesotaHigh Island CreekLocation of mouth
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountiesRenville County, Sibley County, McLeod County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMinnesota
 • elevation1,000 ft (300 m)
Mouth 
 • locationMinnesota River 3 mi (4.8 km) north of Henderson
 • elevation700 ft (210 m)
Length69.4 mi (111.7 km)
Basin sizeNone
Basin features
River systemMinnesota River

High Island Creek is a 69.4-mile-long (111.7 km) tributary of the Minnesota River in Minnesota. It rises as Judicial Ditch No. 11 in eastern Renville County, 6 miles (10 km) south of the city of Hector, and flows east into Sibley County, then McLeod County, then back into Sibley County, where it passes the city of Arlington before entering the Minnesota River 3 miles (5 km) north of Henderson.

The creek took its name from High Island Lake, a lake that serves as its headwaters. The creek flows through an eponymously named Sibley County Park; High Island Creek Park features 220 acres of natural hardwood forests and wetlands along the creek, which runs through the park for 0.56 mi.

See also

44°35′08″N 93°54′05″W / 44.5855190°N 93.9013551°W / 44.5855190; -93.9013551

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 5, 2012
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 319.
  3. "High Island Creek Park". ibleycounty.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: High Island Creek


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