Cross River (Lake Superior)

Cross River
Country United States
Basin
Main source Minnesota[1]

The Cross River is a 20.4-mile-long (32.8 km)[2] river in northern Minnesota, the United States. It is a direct tributary of Lake Superior.

Cross River was named for a wooden cross erected at the river's mouth by a priest.[3]

See also

Coordinates: 47°32′35″N 90°53′31″W / 47.5429584°N 90.8918179°W / 47.5429584; -90.8918179[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cross River (Lake Superior)
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed May 7, 2012
  3. Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 142.
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cross River


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