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The Crow Wing River is a 113-mile-long (182 km) [5] tributary of the Mississippi River in Minnesota, United States.The river rises at an elevation of about 1391 feet in a chain of 11 lakes in southern Hubbard County, Minnesota, and flows generally south, then east, [6] entering the Mississippi at Crow Wing State Park northwest of Little Falls, Minnesota.
The Crow Wing Chain of Lakes is a chain of eleven shallow lakes along the Crow Wing River in Hubbard County, Minnesota, approximately 90 miles (140 km) upstream from the Crow Wing's confluence with the Mississippi River.
The Crow River flows for most of its length as three streams: The North Fork Crow River, 157.5 miles (253.4 km) long, [5] flows from Grove Lake in eastern Pope County and follows a generally east-southeastward course through southwestern Stearns, northeastern Kandiyohi, northern Meeker and central Wright counties, through Rice Lake and Lake Koronis and past the towns of Regal, Paynesville and ...
Crow Wing's heyday came to a swift end. In 1868 the Ojibwe were resettled in the White Earth Indian Reservation. In 1871 railroad magnate James J. Hill decided to route his Northern Pacific Railroad over the Mississippi River in Brainerd, 10 miles (16 km) to the north. By 1880 most of Crow Wing's residents had moved on.
The Shell River is a 47.8-mile-long (76.9 km) [3] tributary of the Crow Wing River in north-central Minnesota in the United States. Via the Crow Wing River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining a rural region. The river was named for mussel and clam shells found along the river and along Shell Lake, its origin. [5]
The Crow Wing River flows east-southeast along Cass County's southern border, and the Gull River flows southwest through the lower part, to discharge into the Crow Wing on the southern border. The terrain consists of wooded rolling hills, heavily dotted with lakes and ponds, [ 6 ] and slopes to the south and east; its highest point is on the ...
Location: Cass / Crow Wing counties, Minnesota, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Primary outflows: Gull River: Catchment area: Crow Wing Watershed: Basin countries: United States: Max. length: 15.3 mi (25 km): Max. width: 3.3 mi (5 km): Surface area: 9,947.03 acres (40.2542 km 2): Average depth: 30 ft (9 m): Max. depth: 80 ft (24 m): Water volume: 298,410 acre⋅ft (0.36808 km 3): Shore length ...
This was a major barrier to Native Americans and early Europeans traveling by canoe, which they bypassed with the challenging Grand Portage of the St. Louis River. [2] The river was a vital link connecting the Mississippi waterways to the west with the Great Lakes to the east. Today Minnesota State Highway 210 runs through Jay Cooke State Park.