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Cloquet River

January 01, 1970

The Cloquet River is a 104-mile-long (167 km)[1] river in Minnesota, United States. It is the main tributary of the Saint Louis River.[2]

Cloquet River
Map of the Saint Louis River drainage basin showing the Cloquet River
Mouth of the Cloquet River
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountiesLake, St. Louis
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCloquet Lake, Silver Creek Township, Lake County, Minnesota
 • coordinates47°25′53″N 91°29′12″W / 47.4313058°N 91.4865513°W / 47.4313058; -91.4865513
Mouth 
 • location
Saint Louis River at Culver Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota
 • coordinates
46°51′41″N 92°34′13″W / 46.86139°N 92.57028°W / 46.86139; -92.57028
Length104 miles (167 km)
Basin features
ProgressionCloquet River→ Saint Louis River→ Lake Superior

Name edit

Cloquet (/kloʊˈkeɪ/ ⓘ kloh-KAY) River is known in the Ojibwe language as the Gaa-biitootigweyaag-ziibi ("River that parallels the Saint Louis River"). On the map of Stephen H. Long's expedition in 1823, it shows that stream as "Rapid River", and it is unnamed on the map by David Thompson in 1826 for the proposed routes of the international boundary. However, on the 1843 Joseph N. Nicollet map, the river is identified by its present name.[3]

Geography edit

The Cloquet River generally flows in a southwesterly direction through Indian Lake, Alden Lake, and Island Lake, before emptying into the Saint Louis River.

One can separate the river into two primary stretches, the upper stretch beginning at Cloquet Lake in Lake County as a small stream and ending at Island Lake.

Tributaries of the Cloquet River include the Us-kab-wan-ka River, the Beaver River, and Little Cloquet River.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ . U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2012-09-28., accessed May 7, 2012
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cloquet River
  3. ^ Upham, Warren. "Cloquet"[permanent dead link] in "Carlton County" section of Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. Accessed July 27, 2013.
  • Minnesota Watersheds
  • USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)


 

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January 01, 1970
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