The Iroquois River is a tributary of the Kankakee River, about 85 mi (135 km) long, in northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois in the United States. Via the Kankakee and Illinois Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
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Course
The Iroquois River rises in Jasper County, Indiana, and flows generally west-southwestwardly through Newton County, Indiana, and Iroquois County, Illinois, where it turns northward and flows into Kankakee County, Illinois. It enters the Kankakee River from the south in Kankakee County, opposite the village of Aroma Park, about 4 mi (6 km) southwest of the city of Kankakee. Along its course the Iroquois passes the town of Rensselaer in Indiana and the towns of Iroquois and Watseka in Illinois.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Iroquois River, or portions thereof, has also been known as:
- Borntrager Ditch
- Burns Ditch
- Irokois River
- Iroquois Ditch
- Pickamick River
- Pickamink Lateral
- Pickamink River
- Pinkamink River
- Swain Ditch
- Thompson Ditch
See also
Sources
- Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
- DeLorme (2003). Illinois Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-321-4.
- DeLorme (1998). Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-211-0.
- USGS GNIS: Iroquois River
