Flambeau Trail – Continental Divide

Iron County Heritage Area

You are now standing on the “Continental Divide”, a geological demarcation line which splits Northern Wisconsin.

North of “The Divide”, rivers flow to Lake Superior and finally to the Atlantic Ocean. These waterways are full of rapids ...

Devils Lake Vista Subcontinental Divide

Devils Lake, seen here, is a glacial pot-hole on top of a sub-continental divide, waters on its northeast side flow north via the Ontonagon River to Lake Superior and thence east to the Atlantic, while waters on its south side ...

Continental Divide

This divide separates the Great Lakes drainage system from the Mississippi River drainage system.

Marker is at the intersection of State Road 13 and County Road 850N, on the right when traveling north on State Road 13.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Sub-Continental Divide

The eastern portion of Waukesha County has a major sub-continental divide as shown by the line in the map. Water falling west of this crest of land goes into the Fox River watershed and eventually into the Gulf of Mexico ...

The Continental Divide

The Rocky Mountains are the longest chain of mountains in the world. They divide the United States watershed between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Colorado has 53 peaks over 14,000 feet. One inch on the Horizon equals about 38 miles.

Marker ...

A Three-Way Continental Divide

A drop of rain water falling here in the Giants Range, a rare three-way continental divide, may flow either north into icy Hudson Bay, east into the Atlantic Ocean, or south into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. ...