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Hay Creek is a stream in Kanabec County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1] It is a tributary of the Snake River . Hay Creek was named for nearby meadows where hay was produced.
Wildcat Mountain State Park has a woodland ecosystem. The Kickapoo River Valley and the park provide a habitat for many animals typically found in the woods of the Upper Midwest. Common birds include tundra swans, Canada geese, great blue herons, sandpipers, wild turkeys, red-tailed hawks, bald eagles and turkey vultures.
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Beaver trappers worked these rivers until the mid-19th century, and Belle Fourche became a well known fur-trading rendezvous point. During and after the gold rush of 1876, farmers and ranchers settled in the fertile valleys, growing food for the miners and their animals. At the time, the open plains for hundred of miles in all directions were ...
Historically, Hay Creek was home to Brook trout and other species, which were depopulated due to farming practices in the late 18th and 19th centuries. In the mid-1970s, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources started focusing on restoring Hay Creek. [6] By 1976, over half of the length of Hay Creek is a Minnesota designated trout stream. [7]
The community is located at the junction of State Highway 58 , Hay Creek Trail, and 315th Street. Hay Creek flows through the community. Nearby places include Red Wing, Goodhue, Belvidere Mills, Frontenac, and Lake City. Hay Creek was once a station on the Chicago Great Western Railway between Red Wing and Rochester, Minnesota.
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The four-mile (6 km) northern segment is a paved trail running from Red Wing, Minnesota, to the Hay Creek section [1] of the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest near Hay Creek Township, with an adjacent natural surface trail for horseback riding through the Hay Creek portion.