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Menomonee river

There are several important rivers in Brown county which will now be noticed more in detail.

The Menomonee is quite a large river that enters Green Bay about its middle and forms part of the boundary of the county and Territory. Its course has been very inaccurately represented on the old maps and some difficulties have resulted, in relation to the boundary between Wisconsin and Michigan, requiring the action of Congress to adjust: so important is it for map makers to preserve accuracy in their work! The Menomonee river interlocks at its source with some tributaries of Lake Superior, and travellers often take this route; but the great numbers of portages, and much difficult navigation renders [this route] it inferior to several others. Nearly all the accurate information we have relative to this stream, is derived from the government survey under Capt. Cram who reports that "it passes a large volume of water into Green Bay at all seasons of the year, and yet it is subject to

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