• Canoeists paddle by tree lined shores

    Saint Croix

    National Scenic Riverway WI,MN

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  • High Water

    The rivers are running high and fast and the water is cold. Be prepared and cautious if venturing out on the rivers! Watch for debris and low clearance under bridges.

  • Wells Closed

    Beginning in 2013, water will no longer be available at McDowell Bridge Landing, Riverside Landing, and the Marshland District Office on Highway 70. Please plan accordingly and bring an adequate supply of water.

Collections

A rusty boat anchor with ring and t-bar on top

An anchor found in the St. Croix River

NPS

The park's museum collection consists of a large archeological collection (72,117) curated at the Midwest Archeological Center in Lincoln, Nebraska and a smaller collection mainly located at the Riverway Headquarters. The on-site collection contains approximately 300 items, which are on exhibit or in storage at Riverway Visitor Centers. The collection includes both natural and cultural objects. They have been obtained on loan, by purchase, as gifts and from field collections. Objects with adequate documentation have been cataloged. Additional natural history specimens are expected to be received as a result of research conducted for the Riverway. The park intends to curate a baseline native mussel collection in response to the zebra mussel threat. Few cultural objects are expected to be added, except by field collection or gift. Thus the park collection is expected to see limited growth.
 
Silver and blue writing pen with signature of President Johnson

Pen used on Oct 2, 1968 by President Johnson during signing ceremony, which included the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act, creating St. Croix National Scenic Riverway.

NPS

In December of 2012 a new addition to the museum collection recalls the creation of the Riverway. The pen used by President Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act was given to the park by the St. Croix River Watershed Research Station, learn more...

Did You Know?

What looks like a striped fish with several tails is actually the opening of the mussel shell which is hard to see.

Mussels rely on fish to carry their young around until they are old enough to drop to the river bottom.  To attract the fish and attach their young, mussels put on displays that make fish think they are fish or other food.  The mussel shell, which is all we normally see, is now barely visible.