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The St. Marys River (Shawnee: Kokothikithiipi, [2] in Miami-Illinois: Nameewa siipiiwi) [3] is a 99-mile-long (159 km) [4] tributary of the Maumee River (Miami-Illinois: Taawaawa siipiiwi) in northwestern Ohio and northeastern Indiana in the United States. [5] Prior to development, it was part of the Great Black Swamp.
St. Joseph River near Newville in DeKalb County, Indiana. Floodwall along St. Joseph River in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The St. Joseph River (Miami-Illinois: Kociihsasiipi) [1] is an 86.1-mile-long (138.6 km) [2] tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio and northeastern Indiana in the United States, with headwater tributaries rising in southern Michigan.
The Wabash and Erie Canal was constructed on the south side of the river, continuing southwest from Defiance to Fort Wayne, Indiana, crossing the "summit" to the Wabash River valley (in Miami-Illinois the Wabash River was known as Waapaahšiki siipiiwi). Both canals were important pre-railway transportation methods in the 1840–60 period.
Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. [ 10 ] Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is 18 miles (29 km) west of the Ohio border [ 11 ] and 50 miles (80 km) south of the Michigan border. [ 12 ] The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 census, making it the second-most populous city in ...
Upon entering Indiana, the river has many sharp turns; these regularly lead to log jams that can block the river. Because of the many turns in the river, during the 1830s, the state created several separate canal channels to shorten the journey between the state line and Fort Wayne as part of the Wabash and Erie Canal project. The canals were ...
Fort Wayne Rivergreenway. Coordinates: 41°05′03.4″N 85°07′52.6″W. Pedestrian bridge on the St. Joseph River at the Northern end of St Joseph Pathway near IPFW. The Rivergreenway is the backbone of burgeoning Fort Wayne Trails network in Fort Wayne, Indiana and the surrounding area. The Rivergreenway consists of 26-miles [1] of ...
The Wabash and Erie Canal was a shipping canal that linked the Great Lakes to the Ohio River via an artificial waterway. The canal provided traders with access from the Great Lakes all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. Over 460 miles long, it was the longest canal ever built in North America. The canal known as the Wabash & Erie in the 1850s and ...
The St. Joseph River flows from the state of Michigan through the northern counties at South Bend before returning to Michigan and ending at Lake Michigan. The Maumee River in the northeast is formed by the St. Mary's River and the St. Joseph River, which join in Fort Wayne before flowing into the state of Ohio to end at Lake Erie.