Cascade River (Minnesota)

Cascade River
The Cascade River in Cascade River State Park
Mouth of the Cascade River
Native name	Gaa-giishkingwe–ziiibi (Ojibwe)
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Cook County
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Mark Lake
• coordinates	47.8698914°N 90.6112262°W / 47.8698914; -90.6112262
Mouth
• location	Deer Yard Lake, Lake Superior
• coordinates	47.7068378°N 90.5226208°W / 47.7068378; -90.5226208
Length	17.1 miles (27.5 km)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	McDonald Creek, Thompson Creek, Fry Creek, Nester Creek, Belly Creek, North Branch Cascade River
• right	Mississippi Creek, Mark Creek
Waterfalls	Cascade Falls

The Cascade River is a 17.1-mile-long (27.5 km)^[1] river in northeastern Minnesota, United States. Running through Cook County, it debouches into Lake Superior between Grand Marais and Lutsen. Its lower courses flow through Cascade River State Park.^[2]

The river was named for a number of waterfalls near its mouth.^[3] It was originally named "Cut Face River" or Gaa-giishkingwe–ziiibi (Ojibwe).^[4][5]

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: Cascade River
3. Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 144.
4. "Rivers of the North Shore". ojibwe.net.
5. Fritzen, John (1974). Historic Sites and Place Names of Minnesota's North Shore. Duluth, MN: St. Louis County Historical Society. p. 20.

• "Minnesota Watersheds". Minnesota DNR.
• USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota, 1974. USGS. 1976.