Salamonie River State Forest is a 850-acre (3.4 km) state forest in Wabash and Huntington counties, Indiana .
4-588: The forest is located along the Salamonie River and includes Salamonie Lake . The nearest city to the forest is Lagro . Salamonie State Forest is administered by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources . Salamonie River State Forest was established in the mid-1930s; the Civilian Conservation Corps reforested the site and built its recreational facilities. The Hominy Ridge Shelter House
8-676: Is a tributary of the Wabash River , in eastern Indiana in the United States . The river is 84.4 miles (135.8 km) long. It is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River , via the Wabash and Ohio rivers. The USS Salamonie was named for the river. The Salamonie River originates near Salamonia in southeastern Jay County and flows generally northwestwardly through Blackford , Wells , Huntington and Wabash counties, past
12-510: The communities of Portland , Pennville , Montpelier , Warren and Mount Etna . It joins the Wabash River from the south in Wabash County, opposite Lagro . In Wabash County, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam , completed for the purpose of flood control in 1966, causes the river to form Salamonie Lake . The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Salamonie River" as
16-552: Was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. This article related to a protected area in Indiana is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Wabash County, Indiana location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Huntington County, Indiana location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Salamonie River The Salamonie River
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