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| Rum River | |
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.jpg) Rum River in Princeton, Minnesota | |
 Rum River highlighted | |
  Mouth of the Rum River | |
| Etymology | Mistranslation of Watpa waḳaŋ |
| Native name | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| Counties | Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne, Mille Lacs |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mille Lacs Lake |
| • location | Mille Lacs Indian Reservation |
| • coordinates | 46°09′38″N 93°45′22″W / 46.160499°N 93.756020°W |
| Mouth | Mississippi River |
• location | Anoka, Anoka County, MN |
• coordinates | 45°11′24″N 93°23′25″W / 45.189985°N 93.390311°W |
| Length | 151 miles (243 km)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | St. Francis, MN |
| • average | 683 cu/ft. per sec.[2] |
The Rum River is a slow, meandering stream that connects Minnesota's Mille Lacs Lake with the Mississippi River. It runs for 151 miles (243 km)[3] through the communities of Onamia, Milaca, Princeton, Cambridge, Isanti, and St. Francis before ending at the city of Anoka, roughly 20 miles northwest of Minneapolis. It is one of the six protected Wild and Scenic rivers in Minnesota.[4][1]
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rum Rivere
- ^ "Rum River". USGS.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 5, 2012
- ^ "City of Princeton, Minnesota".