Maumee River

Veterans' Glass City Skyway in Toledo on the Maumee River

Catchment area of ​​the Maumee River

The Maumee River is a river in north-western U.S. state of Ohio and is formed at Fort Wayne from the confluence of the St. Joseph River and St. Marys River.

It flows northeastward meandering through an agricultural region and flows after 209 km into the Maumee Bay of Lake Erie at the city of Toledo. The Maumee River received on 18 July 1974, the predicate Ohio State Scenic River and is therefore considered a staged under the protection of the State of Ohio river.

The former name of the river was the Miami River, and in treaties with the Indians in 1671, he was designated as Miami of the Lakes or French with Miami du Lac. The Battle of Fallen Timbers, the final battle of the Northwest Indian War, was about 1 km north of the Maumee River discharged. After the victory of General Anthony Wayne over the Indians in 1795 these had the entire catchment area of the river surrender to the Americans, that meant at that time Great Black Swamp ( Big Black Marsh ). The bottom was later drained and converted into fertile farmland.

The Maumee River has with 16,458 km catchment area of the rivers that flow into the Great Lakes ² the largest. In addition to its two source tributaries, St. Joseph and St. Marys River include the Auglaize River from the south and the Tiffin River from the north to the main tributaries, both pour in Defiance in the Maumee River.

Noteworthy is the annual migration of the Walleye the Maumee River upstream, the east of the Mississippi is one of the largest fish migration. The migration of the perch usually begins in early March and lasts until the end of April, while the peak is expected in the first week of April.

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