Nemadji River
| Nemadji River | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Nemanjitigweyaag (Ojibwe) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota and Wisconsin |
| Counties | Carlton County, Minnesota, Pine County, Minnesota, Douglas County, Wisconsin |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Nickerson, Minnesota |
| • coordinates | 46°24′03″N 92°30′29″W / 46.4007777°N 92.5079727°W |
| Mouth | Lake Superior |
• location | Alouez Bay, Wisconsin |
• coordinates | 46°42′12″N 92°01′39″W / 46.70333°N 92.02750°W |
| Length | 70.8 miles (113.9 km) |
The Nemadji River is a river rising in Pine County, Minnesota, United States, which flows through Carlton County, Minnesota, and Douglas County, Wisconsin, to Lake Superior. The river is 70.8 miles (113.9 km) long measured from its source in Maheu Lake in Pine County, and 34.9 miles (56.2 km) from its confluence with the South Fork in Carlton County just east of the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. The Nemadji River empties into Lake Superior in an industrial neighborhood at Allouez Bay in the city of Superior's east-side neighborhood of Allouez and Wisconsin Point.