Milwaukee River

New condos now crowd the downtown and harbor districts of Milwaukee attracting young professionals to the area.

An extensive Riverwalk featuring art displays, boat launches and restaurants lines its banks in downtown Milwaukee.

The river begins in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin and flows south past Grafton to downtown Milwaukee, where it empties into Lake Michigan.

The Milwaukee River area was populated by Native Americans in the time before European settlement.

The Milwaukee River has numerous movable bridges spanning it, allowing for pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

Dolomite Outcropping in Estabrook Park , Shorewood, Wisconsin
Map of the Milwaukee River watershed.
The Milwaukee River as it goes through downtown Milwaukee crossed by the Wisconsin Avenue bridge
The Milwaukee River frozen over as it is crossed by the Saint Paul Avenue bridge