Hi, Ranger Jeff back with you.
So we've been talking a lot about the Riverway and you've been watching different videos
from the Rangers that work here at the Namekagon Visitor Center, but what we're going to talk
about now is where does that water come from.
So you see here on the map the yellow outline is the Namekagon watershed.
What that watershed means is that all the water, even from up in this area, from lakes,
from streams, all ends up in this blue ribbon which is the Namekagon River.
It's like a valley, everything drains into here.
The water source comes from Lake Namekagon where it becomes the headwaters of the Namekagon
River.
The Namekagon River then flows 99.5 miles where it meets up with the St. Croix River.
The St. Croix River then flows another hundred miles and then that ends up with the Mississippi River
which then ends up in the Gulf of Mexico.
We hope you've enjoyed all these videos and I just want to give you an idea of where does
the water come from.
Ranger Jeff checking out, thank you very much.
See you on the river!