Cross River (Lake Superior)

Cross River (Lake Superior) is located in Minnesota
Cross River (Lake Superior)
Mouth of the Cross River
Native nameIna’oonaani-ziibi (Ojibwe)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyCook County, Lake County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationToohey Lake
 • coordinates47°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
Length20.4-mile-long (32.8 km)

The Cross River is a 20.4-mile-long (32.8 km)[1] river in northern Minnesota, the United States. It is a direct tributary of Lake Superior.[2]

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.[3][4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cross River
  3. ^ Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 142.
  4. ^ "Rivers of the North Shore". ojibwe.net.
  5. ^ Fritzen, John (1974). Historic Sites and Place Names of Minnesota's North Shore. Duluth, MN: St. Louis County Historical Society. p. 19.
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