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The Minnesota River (Dakota: Mnísota Wakpá) is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 332 miles (534 km) long, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It drains a watershed of 14,751 square miles (38,200 km 2 ) in Minnesota and about 2,000 sq mi (5,200 km 2 ) in South Dakota and Iowa .
It is joined by the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling, by the St. Croix River near Hastings, by the Chippewa River at Wabasha, and by many smaller streams. The Red River , in the bed of glacial Lake Agassiz , drains the northwest part of the state northward toward Canada's Hudson Bay .
Brainerd (/ ˈ b r eɪ n ər d / BRAY-nərd) is a city and the county seat of Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States.Its population was 14,395 at the 2020 census. [4] [6] Brainerd straddles the Mississippi River several miles upstream from its confluence with the Crow Wing River, having been founded as a site for a railroad crossing above the confluence.
MN 22 south / Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway: At-grade intersection; southern end of MN 22 overlap: 65.954: 106.143: MN 99 east (Broadway Avenue) / Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway to CSAH 5 – Le Center: At-grade intersection; northern end of MN 99 overlap: 67.705: 108.961: MN 22 north – Gaylord: At-grade intersection; northern end ...
A typical image of central Minnesota includes the many large and small lakes that surround the cities of St. Cloud (by far the region's largest city), Alexandria, Brainerd, and other settlements. Two lakes in the region, Mille Lacs Lake , with an area of 206 mi 2 (534 km 2 ), and Leech Lake , with an area of 175 mi 2 (453 km 2 ), are ...
Berning Mill Dam, St. Michael, Minnesota – Crow River (removed after failure 1986) [14] Broken Down Dam, Fergus Falls, Minnesota – Otter Tail River (built 1908, collapsed 1909 - ruins remain in the river for recreation) [15] Flandrau Dam, New Ulm, Minnesota – Cottonwood River (built 1930, removed 1995 after repeated damage from floods) [14]
The Rum River is a slow, meandering stream that connects Minnesota's Mille Lacs Lake with the Mississippi River.It runs for 151 miles (243 km) [3] through the communities of Onamia, Milaca, Princeton, Cambridge, Isanti, and St. Francis before ending at the city of Anoka, roughly 20 miles northwest of Minneapolis.
Brainerd Dam is a dam across the Mississippi River in the city of Brainerd, Minnesota, United States. It forms the back-waters known as Rice Lake. In June 2014, the city of Brainerd purchased the dam formerly operated by Wausau Paper. [1] Location: River Mile 1003.7 County: Crow Wing