Little Cannon River (Cannon River tributary)

Little Cannon River
Little Cannon River near Sogn, Minnesota
Little Cannon River (Cannon River tributary) is located in Minnesota
Little Cannon River (Cannon River tributary)
Native nameCanot (French)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountiesGoodhue County, Rice County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNerstrand, Minnesota
 • coordinates44°19′04″N 93°04′43″W / 44.3177425°N 93.0785435°W / 44.3177425; -93.0785435[1]
MouthCannon River
 • location
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
 • coordinates
44°30′44″N 92°54′20″W / 44.5121892°N 92.9054840°W / 44.5121892; -92.9054840[1]
 • elevation
781 ft (238 m)
Length30.6-mile-long (49.2 km)
Basin size85 square miles[2]
Basin features
River systemCannon River
WaterfallsCannon River Dam

The Little Cannon River is a 30.6-mile-long (49.2 km)[3] river of Minnesota in the United States. It flows into the Cannon River at the city of Cannon Falls. A section of the Little Cannon River south of Sogn, Minnesota is a designated trout stream by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Cannon River
  2. ^ "Little Cannon River basin". USGS. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 4, 2012
  4. ^ "Trout Angling, Opportunities in Southern and Central Minnesota" (PDF). Minnesota DNR. 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  5. ^ Bjorhus, Jennifer Bjorhus (April 16, 2021). "Conservationists mend fragmented habitat in Cannon River area of Minnesota". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2021.