Lost_River_(Clearwater_River_tributary)

Lost River (Clearwater River tributary)

Lost River (Clearwater River tributary)

River in the United States


The Lost River is a 76.2-mile-long (122.6 km)[1] tributary of the Clearwater River of northwestern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Clearwater River, the Red Lake River, the Red River of the North, Lake Winnipeg, and the Nelson River, it is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay.

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Lost River was named from the fact it once passed under a bog until the bogs were drained.[2]

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 June 8, 2011
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 125.

47.84496°N 96.08893°W / 47.84496; -96.08893




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