Cloquet River

Cloquet River

Map of the Saint Louis River drainage basin showing the Cloquet River
Basin
Main source Cloquet Lake, Silver Creek Township, Lake County, Minnesota
River mouth Saint Louis River at Culver Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Countries United States
Physiognomy
Length 104 miles (167 km)

The Cloquet River is a 104-mile-long (167 km)[1] river in Minnesota, United States. It is the main tributary of the Saint Louis River.

Name

Cloquet (i/kloʊˈkeɪ/ kloh-KAY) River was known in the Ojibwe language as the Gaa-biitootigweyaag-ziibi ("River that parallels the Saint Louis River"). On the map of Stephen H. Long's expedition in 1823, it shows that stream as "Rapid River", and it is unnamed on the map by David Thompson in 1826 for the proposed routes of the international boundary. However, on the 1843 Joseph N. Nicollet map, the river is identified by its present name.[2]

Geography

The Cloquet River generally flows in a southwesterly direction through Indian Lake, Alden Lake, and Island Lake, before emptying into the Saint Louis River.

One can separate the river into two primary stretches, the upper stretch beginning at Cloquet Lake in Lake County as a small stream and ending at Island Lake.

Tributaries of the Cloquet River include the Us-kab-wan-ka River, the Beaver River, and Little Cloquet River.

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 7, 2012
  2. ↑ Upham, Warren. "Cloquet" in "Carlton County" section of Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. Accessed July 27, 2013.

Coordinates: 46°51′41″N 92°34′13″W / 46.86139°N 92.57028°W / 46.86139; -92.57028


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