{{Use American English|date=February 2025}} The '''Embarrass River''' is a {{convert|62.0|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed December 19, 2011</ref> tributary of the Wolf River in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.<ref>{{GNIS|1564608}}</ref>
The Embarrass River has three branches. The South Branch is {{convert|35.1|mi}} long,<ref name=NHD/> originates near Eland and passes by Tigerton. The {{convert|50.0|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD/> Middle Branch originates in southern Langlade County, and the {{convert|34.8|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD/> northern branch passes by Bowler, Tilleda and Leopolis. The Middle and South Branch converge in Caroline, and the river collects its North Branch {{convert|4|mi|0}} east of there, then flows through Pella, where a dam is located. Below Pella, the Embarrass River passes by the village of Embarrass. The Embarrass River eventually flows into the Wolf River in the city of New London. "French voyageurs named this river the Embarrass, French for obstruction,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n118 119]}}</ref> because, while canoeing down the stream, they frequently found their passage blocked by fallen logs."<ref>The Encyclopedia of Wisconsin, 1990, {{Listed Invalid ISBN|0-403-09907-1}}</ref>
==Sport== thumb|right|Ice racing quads at Tilleda While frozen, the river is used for ice racing tracks in Tilleda and Caroline. The frozen river is also used for ice fishing.
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Category:Rivers of Wisconsin Category:Rivers of Langlade County, Wisconsin Category:Rivers of Shawano County, Wisconsin
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