Kimball Creek (Minnesota)

Kimball Creek is an 8.9-mile-long (14.3 km)[1] stream in northeastern Minnesota, the United States. It is a tributary of Lake Superior.

Kimball Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
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  locationMinnesota

Kimball Creek was named for Charles G. Kimball, an explorer who drowned in Lake Superior near the creek.[2]

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed May 7, 2012
  2. Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 144.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kimball Creek


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