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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.
Long-used site at a key travel junction associated with the Dakota/Ojibwe territorial conflict and the early town of Old Crow Wing, whose abandonment in the 1880s uniquely preserves the succession of the Native American, fur trade, and logging eras. Extends into Crow Wing and Morrison Counties. [10] 7: Great Northern Railway Company Bridge
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.
It is the home of the Minnesota Boat Club, a rowing club founded in 1870, that is Minnesota's oldest athletic organization. In 1885, a wooden structure was built on Raspberry Island to house the Minnesota Boat Club. [2] The club constructed a new boathouse in 1910, which was designed by George H. Carsley in the style of Mission Revival ...
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 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 ...
Paleface River; Partridge River (Crow Wing River tributary) Partridge River (St. Louis River tributary) Pelican River (Otter Tail River tributary) Pelican River (Vermilion River tributary) Perch Creek; Perent River; Phoebe River; Pigeon River (Minnesota–Ontario), tributary of Lake Superior; Pigeon River (Mississippi River tributary) Pike River
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]