The Kinnickinnic River is Milwaukee's underdog river. The Milwaukee River is navigable with lots of public access while the Menomonee River is the one that made the city an industrial hub. The ...

More: Milwaukee loves its rivers and Lake Michigan — and keeps abusing them, too In the 1920s, a Polish fishing village becomes home to sewage treatment plant. Before the city had a method to ...

Strides have been made to restore the Great Lakes over the last 50 years, but the legacy of unbridled pollution still haunts the basin. One such place is the Milwaukee River Estuary, where the ...

Milwaukee’s rivers went downhill fast after the height of European and early American settlement in the 1830s. For years the rivers were treated as open sewers and dumping grounds, leaving scars ...

Strides have been made to restore the Great Lakes over the last 50 years, but the legacy of unbridled pollution still haunts the basin. One such place is the Milwaukee River Estuary, where the ...

That included the Milwaukee River, where it's likely no sturgeon spawning has taken place since 1843, when a dam was built across the river near North Avenue. Fortunately, ...

More than 800 rowers will be on Milwaukee’s waterways Saturday as part of the 23rd Milwaukee River Challenge, but the river and waterways are a much different sight than they were just 23 years ...

Make a sonic splash with the 2022 MKE River Roundup Get ready for a three-hour tour down the Milwaukee River with Milwaukee music. By Matt Mueller Culture Editor Published May 24, 2022 at 5:01 PM ...

The Milwaukee River was also a major recreational draw in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. "The Milwaukee River was kind of an in-town resort in the later 1800s up to the 1920s, even 1930s ...

Milwaukee’s rivers went downhill fast after the height of European and early American settlement in the 1830s. For years the rivers were treated as open sewers and dumping grounds, leaving scars ...