• Fox River is a 202-mile-long tributary of the Illinois River, flowing from southeastern Wisconsin to Ottawa, Illinois in the United States.
• Many Native American cultures have lived along the shores of the river since the recession of the glaciers.  It has been proved that indigenous peoples lived in the Fox River area as early as 7000 BC.​
• It was used by many explorers, such as Jaques Marquette, to create a waterway, known as the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway. 
• Later the waterway was also used a route by French fur traders.
• During the industrial Revolution many locks and dams were built on the river in an attempt to make Green Bay a rival port city to Chicago. 
• However, due to the river's shallow waters this was never achieved, and instead flour mills were built along its shore to harness its abundant water power.
• When Wisconsin's  wheat production decreased, paper mills instead were built due to the close proximity to forests and lumbering areas.​

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