Mink River
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The Mink is a short river and freshwater
estuary
near the northern tip of Wisconsin's Door Peninsula
. It is noted for its excellent bass fishing
, and the area boasts more than 200 species of birds. The river flows in a southeasterly direction into the estuary on Rowley's Bay, Lake Michigan
, 4 miles southeast of the village of Ellison Bay
.
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
estuary
Estuary
An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
near the northern tip of Wisconsin's Door Peninsula
Door County, Wisconsin
Door County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 27,961. Its county seat is Sturgeon Bay. Door County is a popular vacation and tourist destination, especially for residents of Wisconsin and Illinois....
. It is noted for its excellent bass fishing
Bass fishing
Bass fishing is the activity of angling for the North American gamefish known colloquially as the black bass. There are numerous black bass species considered as gamefish in North America, including largemouth bass , smallmouth bass , Spotted bass or Kentucky bass , Guadalupe bass Bass fishing is...
, and the area boasts more than 200 species of birds. The river flows in a southeasterly direction into the estuary on Rowley's Bay, Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron...
, 4 miles southeast of the village of Ellison Bay
Ellison Bay, Wisconsin
Ellison Bay is an unincorporated census-designated place in northern Door County, Wisconsin, United States, within the town of Liberty Grove and is located on Highway 42 along the Green Bay. As of the 2010 census, its population is 165.-History:...
.
External links
- Mink River Estuary from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources