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:

    “In dark places and dungeons the preacher’s words might perhaps strike root and grow, but not in broad daylight in any part of the world that I know.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “It is ... despair at the mutability of all created things that links the Artist and the Ascetic—a desire to purify and preserve—to set oneself apart—somehow—from the river flowing onward to the grave.”
    —Michele Murray (1933–1974)