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Yes. Split Rock Creek State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, located in Ihlen, or just south of Pipestone. The Works Progress Administration built a dam in 1938 to create a lake, which provided an opportunity for water recreation in an area of the state with few natural lakes. The dam was constructed of Sioux Quartzite, a hard red rock ...
Split Rock Lighthouse State Park encompasses about four miles (6.4 km) of rocky shoreline on Lake Superior with several prominent headlands. Named features of the shore, from southwest to northeast, are the mouth of the Split Rock River, Split Rock Point, Crazy Bay, Corundum Point, the mouth of Split Rock Creek, Day Hill, Little Two Harbors, Stony Point (site of the lighthouse), and Gold Rock ...
The Split Rock River is a 3.5-mile-long (5.6 km) [2] river of Minnesota, in the United States. It drains a small watershed of about 40 square miles (100 km 2) on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The name was used as early as 1825 and is believed to refer either to the steep-walled gorge carved by the river [3] or to two cliffs east of the ...
Split Rock Lighthouse is a lighthouse located southwest of Silver Bay, Minnesota, US on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The structure was designed by lighthouse engineer Ralph Russell Tinkham and was completed in 1910 by the United States Lighthouse Service for $75,000, including the buildings and the land.
FIPS code. 27-61708 [1] GNIS feature ID. 0665665 [2] Split Rock Township is a township in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 124 at the 2000 census. [3] Split Rock Township took its name from the Split Rock River. [4]
Cascade River State Park. Cascade River State Park is a state park near the northeastern tip of Minnesota, US. The park is in a rocky and rugged location where the Cascade River descends to meet Lake Superior. It has many different types of wildlife including various birds and mammals. Cascade River State Park is also connected to the Superior ...
It does not travel far into South Dakota, but loops back into Minnesota, flowing into Split Rock Creek within a mile of the state line, this confluence about 3 miles north of Sherman, South Dakota, also being 3 miles south of Jasper, Minnesota. Split Rock Creek itself is a tributary of the Big Sioux River, which in turn flows via the Missouri ...
The Minnesota River is the longest river that is entirely within Minnesota. Mississippi River. Minnesota River, 370 mi-long (600 km) Credit River, 21.5 mi (34.6 km) Sand Creek, 36.6 mi-long (58.9 km) High Island Creek, 69.4 mi-long (111.7 km) Rush River, 19.8 mi-long (31.9 km) South Branch Rush River.