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The 1837 Treaty of St. Peters with the Ojibwe was signed at St. Peters (now Mendota) which ceded to the United States government a vast tract of land in what today is north central Wisconsin and central Minnesota, roughly bounded by the Prairie du Chien Line in the south, Mississippi River in the west, St. Croix and Chippewa River watersheds in ...
William O'Brien State Park is a 1,520-acre (6.2 km 2) state park of Minnesota, USA, along the St. Croix River.Its hiking trails traverse rolling glacial moraine, riparian zones, restored oak savanna, wooded areas and bogs.
The Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway is a federally protected system of riverways located in eastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. [1] It protects 252 miles (406 km) of river, including the St. Croix River (on the Wisconsin/Minnesota border), and the Namekagon River (in Wisconsin), as well as adjacent land along the rivers. [2]
It is one of the few remaining trout streams in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Approximately 10 miles (16 km) long, the stream begins in Woodbury, Minnesota, and flows into the St. Croix River at Afton, Minnesota. Valley Creek is notable as the location of the first private gristmill in Minnesota.
The rapids increase in frequency, but not intensity as the river approaches the St. Croix. This last section of the river is some of the best canoeing available in the state with manageable rapids, good fishing, frequent wildlife sightings (including bears) and absence of other people.
Brown's Creek is a 9.7-mile-long (15.6 km) [1] [3] stream which originates about 5.5 miles northwest of the city of Stillwater and flows south for about half its length then east to its confluence with the St. Croix River just north of Stillwater in Washington County, Minnesota, United States.