Boyer River
The Boyer River at Denison
This excerpt from the Lewis and Clark map of 1814 that shows the rivers of southwest Iowa, southeast Nebraska, and northwest Missouri. "Bowyer's River" is seen at upper left.
Location
CountryUS
StateIowa
DistrictPottawattamie County, Iowa
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates42°30′05″N 95°16′32″W / 42.5014°N 95.2755°W / 42.5014; -95.2755
MouthMissouri River
 • coordinates
41°27′11″N 95°55′09″W / 41.4531°N 95.9192°W / 41.4531; -95.9192
 • elevation
971 ft (296 m)
Length118 miles (190 km)
Discharge 
 • locationLogan, Iowa
 • average411 cu/ft. per sec.[1]

The Boyer River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 118 miles (190 km) long,[2] in western Iowa in the United States. Most reaches of the river's course have been straightened and channelized.

The Boyer River is named for a settler who hunted and trapped in the watershed before the time of Lewis and Clark.[3] Explorers, including Lewis and Clark, John James Audubon, and Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied, navigated through the region near the mouth of the Boyer as they traveled up the Missouri River. This area is now part of the Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). This was originally an island of sand and sediment deposited in the Missouri River by the Boyer River. Gradually, the Missouri River eroded a major channel (chute) through the sediment; this came to be known as Boyer Chute, and was the preferred channel used by explorers and traders until the Missouri eventually changed its course.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "USGS Current Conditions for USGS 06609500 Boyer River at Logan, IA".
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 30, 2011
  3. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 46.
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