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Grand Forks after a levee overtopped and Grand Forks was evacuated. Water reached areas more than two miles (3 km) inland from the Red River, requiring evacuation of all of East Grand Forks and 75% of Grand Forks. School was cancelled in both cities for the remainder of the term, as were classes at the University of North Dakota. [9]
The Red River flood of 1997 in the United States was a major flood that occurred in April 1997, along the Red River of the North in North Dakota and Minnesota.The flood reached throughout the Red River Valley, affecting the cities of Fargo, Moorhead, and Winnipeg, while Grand Forks and East Grand Forks received the most damage, where floodwaters reached over 3 miles (5 km) inland, inundating ...
The confluence of the Red and Red Lake Rivers Flood memorial. 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.
In 2005, despite the flood and fire damage to the area, the Downtown Grand Forks Historic District was listed. The most recent listings, in 2010, are the University of North Dakota Historic District and WPA Stone Structures in Memorial Park and Calvary Cemetery , and in 2011, The Kegs Drive-In .
Completed in 1968, it diverts floodwaters around the city to less settled areas farther down the river. Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, suffered widespread destruction in the flood of 1997. 75% of the population in the former city was evacuated, and all of the latter. Many of the residential areas along the rivers ...
Feb. 22—GRAND FORKS — Flood preparation has started in Grand Forks, says Todd Feland, Grand Forks city administrator. As the National Weather Service predicts a minor to moderate flood risk ...
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.
Aug. 14—GRAND FORKS — During a special meeting on Monday, the Grand Forks City Council approved amendments to its loan agreement with Memorial Village Investments LLC — the developer of the ...