Edwards_River_(Illinois)

Edwards River (Illinois)

Edwards River (Illinois)

River

The Edwards River is a 73.7-mile-long (118.6 km)[2] tributary of the Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois in the United States.[3] It rises 3 miles (5 km) west of Kewanee in southeastern Henry County and flows generally westwardly into Mercer County, where it joins the Mississippi 2 miles (3 km) southeast of New Boston. In Henry County it collects the South Edwards River, which flows past Bishop Hill.

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The river was once home to a grain mill near Andover, Illinois. Several sections of the Edwards River's course have been straightened and channelized.

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References

  1. [1]
    "USGS Current Conditions for USGS 05466500 EDWARDS RIVER NEAR NEW BOSTON, IL".
  2. [2]
    U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 13, 2011
  3. [3]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Edwards River



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