Root River

Root River may refer to:

In Canada:

  • Root River (Northwest Territories), a tributary of the Mackenzie River
  • Root River (Algoma District), a tributary of the St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)
  • Root River (Kenora District)

In the United States:

  • Root River (Minnesota)
  • Root River (Wisconsin)

Famous quotes containing the words root and/or river:

    “Flower in the crannied wall,
    I pluck you out of the crannies,
    I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
    Little flower—but if I could understand
    What you are, root and all, and all in all,
    I should know what God and man is.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “In order to get to East Russet you take the Vermont Central as far as Twitchell’s Falls and change there for Torpid River Junction, where a spur line takes you right into Gormley. At Gormley you are met by a buckboard which takes you back to Torpid River Junction again.”
    —Robert Benchley (1889–1945)