Cross River (Lake Superior)

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]

Mouth of the Cross River
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Cook County, Lake County
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Toohey Lake
• coordinates	47.7123986°N 90.9923616°W / 47.7123986; -90.9923616
Mouth
• location	Schroeder, Minnesota, Lake Superior
• coordinates	47.5429584°N 90.8918179°W / 47.5429584; -90.8918179
Length	20.4-mile-long (32.8 km)

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

1. 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
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cross River
3. Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 142.

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