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The Maumee River (pronounced / m ɔː ˈ m iː /) [1] (Shawnee: Hotaawathiipi; [2] Miami-Illinois: Taawaawa siipiiwi) [3] is a river running in the United States Midwest from northeastern Indiana into northwestern Ohio and Lake Erie.
Apr. 25—To the passing motorist moving across the I-475 bridge over the Maumee River in early spring, the long strands of fishermen below might seem nonsensical, since those anglers will wade ...
The Maumee River as seen from Independence State Park. The Maumee Valley was one of the last areas of Ohio to be cleared. The swampy ground made it difficult for settlers to enter. The swamp was drained between 1859 and 1875 with a series of ditches and drains. Nearly 2,500,000 acres (10,000 km 2) of land were cleared after the swamps were ...
The river also receives a run of white bass around the same time in the spring. The numbers of walleye that return to spawn upstream are not as great as those that return to the Maumee River. The Ballville Dam, built on the Sandusky River in Fremont, Ohio, blocked migration for walleye and other fish. As fish can swim farther upstream in the ...
Tops stories numbers 7 and 8 are the popular spring walleye run and a high-speed chase that starts on the Ohio Turnpike.
Farnsworth Metropark is a regional park in Waterville, Ohio, owned and operated by Metroparks Toledo.The long narrow parks sits on the western shore of the Maumee River with a view of several islands, including Missionary, Butler and Indian islands, all of which are owned by the State of Ohio.
Delta lies within the watershed of the Maumee River. Bad Creek, a tributary of the Maumee River, flows through the village. Alternate U.S. 20 and State Route 2 pass through the village in an east–west direction. State Route 109 goes through the village in a north–south direction.
Side Cut Metropark is a regional park in Maumee, Ohio, owned and managed by Metroparks Toledo and named for being a sidecut on the Miami and Erie Canal. [5] The sidecut was built over an 18-year period in the nineteenth century and completed in 1842, opening to boat traffic the following year.