Loading AI tools
The Prairie River is a river in Itasca County, Minnesota. The river is located in northern Minnesota, near the communities of Taconite, Bovey, Grand Rapids, and La Prairie. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River.
| Prairie River | |
|---|---|
  Mouth of the Prairie River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Itasca |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 47.5940994°N 93.181022°W[1] |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 47.2149433°N 93.4824358°W[1] |
| Length | 50 mi (80 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | USGS gauge near Taconite |
| • average | 211.6 cu ft/s (5.99 m3/s), USGS water years 1967-2019[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| • average | 298.1 cu ft/s (8.44 m3/s) (estimate)[3] |
In 1991 Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline ruptured near Grand Rapids, spilling 1.7 million of gallons of oil into the area, including the river, in the largest inland oil spill in US history.[4][5]
On May 4, 1988, the world record shorthead redhorse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum), which weighed 5 pounds 6 ounces (2.4 kg), was caught on the Prairie River by angler Greg Clusiau.[6]
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
