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4 unusual facts about Kinnickinnic River


Erie Street Plaza

Located in the Historic Third Ward neighborhood, the plaza is connected to the Milwaukee Riverwalk and situated at the confluence of the Milwaukee River and Kinnickinnic River, just west of the entrance to the Milwaukee Harbor from Lake Michigan.

Historic Third Ward, Milwaukee

In 2010, Erie Street Plaza, a small park and public space built on a former parking lot, opened on the southern edge of the neighborhood, near the confluence of the Milwaukee River and Kinnickinnic River.

Milwaukee Pierhead Light

It is west of the Milwaukee Breakwater Light, and is near the outflow of the Milwaukee River -- not far east of where that river converged with the Kinnickinnic River -- into the Milwaukee Harbor and Lake Michigan.

SS Milwaukee

The docks of the Grand Trunk Milwaukee Car Ferry Company were located on the Kinnickinnic River, and their ferries were familiar sights to residents of Jones Island.



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