Cross River (Lake Superior)

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

Cross River
Location
Country	United States
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Minnesota[1]

Cross River was named for a wooden cross erected at the river's mouth by a priest.[3]

See also

List of rivers of Minnesota

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cross River (Lake Superior)
U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed May 7, 2012
Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 142.
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cross River

Minnesota Watersheds
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)

North Shore streams of Minnesota
Baptism River Beaver River Brule River Caribou River Cascade River Cross River Devil Track River Encampment River Gooseberry River Knife River Lester River Manitou River Pigeon River Poplar River Saint Louis River Split Rock River Sucker River Temperance River

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