Minneiska, Minnesota

The Whitewater River is a 16.6-mile-long (26.7 km) tributary of the Upper Mississippi River which flows through the Driftless Area of Minnesota, reaching its mouth in Wabasha County at the community of Weaver opposite Buffalo, Wisconsin. The nearest towns are Altura, Saint Charles, and Elba. The region hosts endangered native dry oak savannas, semiforested areas that seem to have been dependent on fire for their well-being.The main stem of the Whitewater River is formed by the confluence of the North Fork Whitewater River and Middle Fork Whitewater River at Elba, and is joined by the South Fork Whitewater River, just downstream. The North Fork flows through Wabasha, Olmsted, and Winona counties, with a "channel length of 47 km" (c. 30 miles). The upper branches of the Whitewater River system including the portion that flows through Whitewater State Park are designated trout streams. Native brook, wild brown and occasionally stocked rainbow trout populate the streams. The state maintains Whitewater State Park on the upper reach of the main stem, on the Middle Fork and on Trout Run Creek. Crystal Springs Fish Hatchery is located on the lower portion of the South Fork.Whitewater River is the English translation of the native Sioux language name.At Beaver, Minnesota, the river had an average discharge of 133 cubic feet per second between 1940 and 1957.

Buffalo City is a city in Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,023 at the 2010 census.

Mount Vernon Township is a township in Winona County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 273 at the 2010 census.Mount Vernon Township was organized in 1858, and named after Mount Vernon, the Virginia estate of George Washington.

Cochrane is a village in Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 450 at the 2010 census.

Belvidere is a town in Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 396 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated community of Herold is located in the town.

The Weaver Mercantile Building is a historic building in the unincorporated community of Weaver, Minnesota, United States, built in 1875. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and commerce. It was nominated for being one of the few surviving commercial buildings in the once-thriving Mississippi River community, and a well-preserved example of a form of commercial Italianate architecture popular along the river valley.

Weaver is an unincorporated community in Minneiska Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States. The Whitewater River and the Mississippi River meet at Weaver.

Minneiska Township is a township in Wabasha County, Minnesota, in the United States. The population was 205 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Weaver is located within the township.

West Newton is an unincorporated community in Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States.

Oakridge (also Oak Ridge) is an unincorporated community in Mount Vernon Township, Winona County, Minnesota, United States.

The Zumbro River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the Driftless Area of southeastern Minnesota in the United States. It is 64.6 miles (104.0 km) long from the confluence of its principal tributaries and drains a watershed of 1,428 square miles (3,700 km2). The river's name in English is a change from its French name Rivière des Embarras ("Obstruction River") due to its mouth near Pine Island in the Mississippi River; the pronunciation changed from [dez‿ɑ̃.ba.ʁɑ] to . The Dakota name for this river is Wapka Wazi Oju (Pines Planted River), having reference to the grove of great white pines at Pine Island.

John P. Madgett Station is a base load, coal fired, electrical power station located in Alma, Wisconsin in Buffalo County. Owned by Dairyland Power Cooperative, the John P. Madgett Station and Alma Station are part of its "Alma site".