Houlton in St. Croix County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Migration

Photographed by Fitzie Heimdahl, April 11, 2020

1. Migration Marker

Inscription. People are not the only creatures that travel over and along the St. Croix River. In the sky or underwater, wildlife is on the move around you. The St. Croix River is an important migration corridor, used by animals every day, at night, and with the seasons. Their journeys cover distances short and long.

Photo captions:
{Lower left:} In the fall, fish, such as bass, seek refuge from shallow, cold water in deeper pools. Warmer weather draws the smallmouth to spawning areas near fast moving rapids. American eels spend most of their lives wandering freshwater rivers before ending up off the Bahamas to breed.
Photographed by Konrad Schmidt

{Upper right:} The forested shoreline offers an unbroken path for millions of birds each spring and fall. Some, such as trumpeter swans, travel only as far as they must to find open water in winter. Others, such as the scarlet tanager, are true snowbirds, spending winters from Costa Rica to Bolivia. In the spring, insects beckon the tanagers north to where food is abundant and they are able to raise young.

Trumpeter swans
Photographed by Northwest Passage LTD./Cole
{Lower right:} Scarlet Tanager
Photographed by Marlene Trapp

Erected 2017.

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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 45° 2.701′ N, 92° 46.957′ W. Marker is in Houlton, Wisconsin, in St. Croix County. It is on Wisconsin Route 64, on the right when traveling west. Located is along the St. Croix Trail Crossing Loop path at the Observation post located closest to Wisconsin. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Houlton WI 54082, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area

and in Western Wisconsin. It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Protecting the Watershed (here, next to this marker); Home to Bald Eagles (a few steps from this marker); Brule-St. Croix Waterway

Photographed by Fitzie Heimdahl, April 11, 2020

2. Migration Marker

(approx. 0.2 miles away); White Pine Treaty (approx. ¼ mile away); Steamboats on the St. Croix (approx. ¼ mile away in Minnesota); Where's the State Boundary? (approx. ¼ mile away in Minnesota); St. Croix Crossing (approx. half a mile away in Minnesota); Building a Bridge (approx. half a mile away in Minnesota). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Houlton.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 13, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2020, by Fitzie Heimdahl of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 219 times since then and 5 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 13, 2020, by Fitzie Heimdahl of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.