Clearwater River (Red Lake River tributary)
The Clearwater River is a 147-mile-long (237 km)[1] tributary of the Red Lake River of Minnesota in the United States. Via the Red Lake River, the Red River of the North, Lake Winnipeg, and the Nelson River, it is part of the Hudson Bay watershed.
"Clearwater" is an English translation of the native Ojibwe language name.[2]
See also
47°53′38″N 96°16′58″W / 47.8938569°N 96.2828256°W[3]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Template:Webcite, accessed June 8, 2011
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 121.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clearwater River
- Minnesota Watersheds
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)