Red Lake Falls (other)
Red Lake Falls is the name of several places in the United States: *Red Lake Falls, Minnesota *Red Lake Falls Township, Red Lake County, Minnesota Red Lake Falls Township is a township in Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 206 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.0 square miles (88. ...

Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
Red Lake Falls is a city in Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,339 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Red Lake County. The city lies in the middle of Red Lake Falls Township, from which it was separated when incorporated as a village in 1881. Its status was raised to that of a city in 1898. History Red Lake Falls was the site of a North West Company fur post as early as 1796 or 1797, making it one of the oldest sites of European occupation in the State of Minnesota. A French Canadian fur trader, Jean Baptiste Cadotte, partner of the noted British-Canadian fur trader, Alexander Henry the elder, established the post as part of a strategy to ward off Hudson's Bay Company intrusion into the Red River Valley. The famous Canadian explorer David Thompson took shelter from a storm in Cadotte's cabin here in March 1798.See D'Arcy Jenish, ''Epic Wanderer: David Thompson & The Mapping of the Canadian West (2003), at pages 103-04 The post was ab ...
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