flow was 216 ft³/s (6 m³/s) on August 15, 1944. At an upstream gauge in Massillon, the annual mean flow of the river between 1938 and 2005 was 466 ft³/s (13 m³/s). The highest recorded flow during the period was 10,700 ft³/s (303 m³/s) on July 5, 1969. The lowest recorded flow was 45 ft³/s (1.3 m³/s) on September 20, 1999. In popular culture Conrad Richter's novel, The Light in the Forest (1953), features True Son recalling a memory set along the Tuscarawas River. The band Sun Kil Moon refers to the Tuscarawas in their song "Carry Me, Ohio", with the lyric, "Tuscarawas flows into the prairie land". The Tuscarawas ultimately feeds the Mississippi River, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico. See also List of rivers of Ohio References Rivers of Ohio Muskingum River Rivers of Coshocton County, Ohio Rivers of Stark County, Ohio Rivers of Summit County, Ohio Rivers of Tuscarawas County, Ohio Allegheny Plateau Tributaries of the Ohio River