Turkey River (Iowa)
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The Turkey River is a tributary of the Upper Mississippi River. Its main branch rises in Howard County, Iowa near the city of Cresco. The other counties it or its tributaries cover are Chickasaw, Winneshiek, Fayette, Clayton, Delaware and Dubuque.
Flowing from northwest to southeast, it flows through or near the cities of Spillville, Fort Atkinson, Clermont, Elgin, Elkader, Elkport, Garber and Millville where it joins the Little Turkey river before entering the Mississippi south of Guttenberg and across from Cassville, Wisconsin.
The watershed is stated to cover 1,083,200 acres.
[edit] Recreational and wildlife areas
- Cardinal Marsh Wildlife Management Area is a few miles southeast of Cresco.
- The mouth of the river is part of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
