&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USA_Minnesota_relief_location_map.svg)  Mouth of the Cross River | |
| Native name | Ina’oonaani-ziibi (Ojibwe) |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Cook County, Lake County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Toohey Lake |
| • coordinates | 47°42′45″N 90°59′33″W / 47.7123986°N 90.9923616°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Schroeder, Minnesota, Lake Superior |
• coordinates | 47°32′35″N 90°53′31″W / 47.5429584°N 90.8918179°W |
| Length | 20.4-mile-long (32.8 km) |
The Cross River is a 20.4-mile-long (32.8 km)[1] river in northern Minnesota, the United States. It is a direct tributary of Lake Superior.[2]
Originally named Ina’oonaani-ziibi (Ojibwe) the river was the site of an incident in 1846 when the missionary priest Frederic Baraga landed here during a storm. He erected a wooden cross at the river's mouth as a memorial and the river became known as Cross River as a result.[3][4][5]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 7, 2012
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cross River
- ^ Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 142.
- ^ "Rivers of the North Shore". ojibwe.net.
- ^ Fritzen, John (1974). Historic Sites and Place Names of Minnesota's North Shore. Duluth, MN: St. Louis County Historical Society. p. 19.