  Mouth of the Cross River | |
| Native name | Ina’oonaani-ziibi (Ojibwe) |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Cook County, Lake County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Toohey Lake |
| • coordinates | 47°42′45″N 90°59′33″W / 47.7123986°N 90.9923616°W / 47.7123986; -90.9923616 |
| Mouth | |
| • location | Schroeder, Minnesota, Lake Superior |
| • coordinates | 47°32′35″N 90°53′31″W / 47.5429584°N 90.8918179°W / 47.5429584; -90.8918179 |
| Length | 20.4-mile-long (32.8 km) |
The Cross River is a 20.4-mile-long (32.8 km) river in northern Minnesota, the United States. It is a direct tributary of Lake Superior.
Originally named Ina’oonaani-ziibi (Ojibwe) the river was the site of an incident in 1846 when the missionary priest Frederic Baraga landed here during a storm. He erected a wooden cross at the river's mouth as a memorial and the river became known as Cross River as a result.
See also
References
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 7, 2012
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cross River
- Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 142.
- "Rivers of the North Shore". ojibwe.net.
- Fritzen, John (1974). Historic Sites and Place Names of Minnesota's North Shore. Duluth, MN: St. Louis County Historical Society. p. 19.
- Minnesota Watersheds
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)
| North Shore streams of Minnesota (List of Minnesota rivers) | |
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