The Poplar River is a 58.4-mile-long (94.0 km)[1] tributary of the Lost River of western Minnesota in the United States. Via the Lost River, the Clearwater River, the Red Lake River, the Red River of the North, Lake Winnipeg, and the Nelson River, it is part of the Hudson Bay watershed.
Poplar River | |
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Country | United States |
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• location | Minnesota |
The river's name comes from the Ojibwe Indians of the area, on account of the poplar trees near the river.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 8, 2011
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 447.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poplar River
- Minnesota Watersheds
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)