Saint Croix River
river, United States
Saint Croix River, tributary of the Mississippi River, rising in Douglas county, Wisconsin, U.S., in the northwestern part of the state. It flows 164 miles (264 km) southwestward into the Mississippi River at Prescott, Wisconsin, about 20 miles (32 km) south of St. Paul, Minnesota. For 130 miles (210 km) upstream from its mouth, it forms the boundary between Wisconsin and Minnesota. At Taylors Falls, Minnesota, and at St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, the river cuts...