Poplar River (Lost River tributary)

Coordinates: 47°50′08″N 96°04′35″W / 47.8355197°N 96.0764263°W / 47.8355197; -96.0764263[3]
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Poplar River
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMinnesota

The Poplar River is a 58.4-mile-long (94.0 km)[1] tributary of the Lost River of western Minnesota in the United States. Via the Lost River, the Clearwater River, the Red Lake River, the Red River of the North, Lake Winnipeg, and the Nelson River, it is part of the Hudson Bay watershed.

The river's name comes from the Ojibwe Indians of the area, on account of the poplar trees near the river.[2]

See also[edit]

47°50′08″N 96°04′35″W / 47.8355197°N 96.0764263°W / 47.8355197; -96.0764263[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 8, 2011
  2. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 447.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poplar River