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Fox River (Little Wabash tributary), southern Illinois; Galena River; Grand Calumet River; Green River; Henderson Creek; Hickory Creek; Illinois River; Indian Creek;
Grand Forks is 74 miles (119 km) north of the Fargo-Moorhead area and 145 miles (233 km) south of Winnipeg, Manitoba. [26] Grand Forks is on the western bank of the Red River of the North in an area known as the Red River Valley. The term "forks" refers to the forking of the Red River with the Red Lake River near downtown Grand Forks. [11]
Illinois Route 160 passes through the west side of the village, leading south 6 miles (10 km) to Highland and north 4 miles (6 km) to Illinois Route 140. Edwardsville, the county seat, is 16 miles (26 km) to the west, and downtown St. Louis is 36 miles (58 km) to the southwest.
Red River in Winnipeg, Manitoba The Red River in Greater Grand Forks, as viewed from the Grand Forks side of the river The Red River near Pembina, North Dakota, about 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of the Canada–U.S. border. The Pembina River can be seen flowing into the Red at the bottom.
The total length of the river is 193 miles (311 km) [1] The term "Forks" in Grand Forks comes from this forking of the Red and Red Lake rivers near downtown Grand Forks. [2] As a tributary of the Red River, the Red Lake River contributed to the heavy flooding of Greater Grand Forks in 1997. The river also caused damage in its own right, albeit ...
On the East Grand Forks side, the city of East Grand Forks owns a 200-acre (0.81 km 2) section of the Greenway in the downtown area. All other land on the East Grand Forks side is owned by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. This 1,200-acre (4.9 km 2) section is called the Red River State Recreation Area.
Apr. 14—After a study indicated that only two of the four possible spots for a new bridge between Grand Forks and East Grand Forks are feasible, leaders in both cities are beginning work on yet ...
The Illinois Waterway system consists of 336 miles (541 km) of navigable water from the mouth of the Calumet River at Chicago to the mouth of the Illinois River at Grafton, Illinois. Based primarily on the Illinois River , it is a system of rivers, lakes, and canals that provide a commercial shipping connection from the Great Lakes to the Gulf ...