Saint Croix River

Length: 164 miles (264 kilometers)

The Saint Croix (KROI) River rises out of Upper St. Croix Lake, Douglas County., northwest Wisconsin and flowing generally southwest then south to the Mississippi River at Prescott, Wisconsin, southeast of St. Paul, Minnesota. Appoximately 125 miles forms part of the Wisconsin-Minnesita state line. The Dalles of the St. Croix, a scenic gorge, is located in Interstate Park. A hydroelectric plant at St. Croix Falls supplies power to the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area.