Dead_River_(Otter_Tail_River_tributary)

Dead River (Otter Tail River tributary)

Dead River (Otter Tail River tributary)

River in the United States

The Dead River is a 17.5-mile-long (28.2 km)[1] tributary of the Otter Tail River of Minnesota in the United States. It rises east of Dent and flows south through Dead Lake and Walker Lake to its mouth at Otter Tail Lake on the Otter Tail River.

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The name Dead River commemorates a massacre of the Ojibwe Indians.[2]

See also

46.4263490°N 95.6664342°W / 46.4263490; -95.6664342[3]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 8, 2011
  2. [2]
    Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 393.
  3. [3]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dead River
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    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dead River



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