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The earliest documentation of the lake's name is "Tekamamiwen" (shown in French transliterated as "Lac de Tecamamiouen" on the Ochagach map (c. 1728). [6] The name was represented in various spellings: as "Lac Tacamamioüer" on the 1739 de l'Isle map, as "Lake Tecamaniouen" on the 1757 Mitchell Map, and as "Lake Tekamamigovouen" on the Thomas Jefferys 1762 Map of Canada).
As of the census [1] of 2000, there were 4,469 people, 1,774 households, and 1,332 families residing in the unorganized territory. The population density was 12.8 inhabitants per square mile (4.9/km 2).
Many birds are found along the Rainy River by visitors such as various songbirds, woodpeckers, pelicans, and bald eagles. [1] The land for the 118-acre (0.48 km 2) park was donated to the state by the Franz Jevne family; the park was created in 1967 by the Minnesota Legislature. [1] [2] By area, it is the smallest of Minnesota's state parks. [3]
The Rainy River flows west-northwestward along its north border, being fed by several rivers which drain from the county into the Rainy: Rat Root River drains the east central part of the county; Little Fork River flows northward through the eastern part of the county; Big Fork River flows northward through the east-central part of the county ...
International Falls Dam ‡; Rainy Lake Dam [note 1] Koochiching; Fort Frances: Boise Cascade; H2O Power 1909; 2017 [7] Gravity Arch: 38 12 Rainy Lake: 4,000,000 4,900,000 14.4 Rainy: Hydroelectric; flood control; water supply Island Lake Dam [note 2] St. Louis: Minnesota Power: 1915 Gravity; Earth: 57 17 Island Lake Reservoir 177,000 218,000 —
Jul. 7—KABETOGAMA, Minnesota — About 30 feet separates a line of damp sandbags from the edge of swollen Lake Kabetogama at the Sandy Point Lodge in northern Minnesota. The lake crested about 4 ...
A map of the river charted by an expedition in 1825 [2]. The river issues from the west side of Rainy Lake (French: lac à la Pluie; Ojibwe: Gojiji-zaaga'igan) and flows generally west-northwest, between International Falls, Minnesota, and Fort Frances, Ontario, and between Baudette, Minnesota, and Rainy River, Ontario.
A century-old rail lift bridge that crosses the U.S.-Canada border near the cities of International Falls, Minnesota, and Fort Frances, Ontario, has collapsed, and it's unclear when the area will ...