The Artichoke River is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed May 7, 2012 tributary
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of the
Saint Louis River in northeastern
Minnesota
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in the
United States
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.
Via the Saint Louis River, it is part of the
watershed of
Lake Superior
Lake Superior in central North America is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface areaThe Caspian Sea is the largest lake, but is saline, not freshwater. and the third-largest by volume, holding 10% of the world's surface fresh wa ...
. It flows for its entire length in southern
Saint Louis County. Its name in the
Ojibwe language
Ojibwe , also known as Ojibwa , Ojibway, Otchipwe,R. R. Bishop Baraga, 1878''A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language''/ref> Ojibwemowin, or Anishinaabemowin, is an indigenous language of North America of the Algonquian lan ...
is ''askibwaanikaa-ziibi'' (river full of
Jerusalem artichoke
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s), having the identical name in Ojibwe as the nearby
Us-kab-wan-ka River
Us-kab-wan-ka River, also known as the Ush-kab-wan River, is a small tributary of the Cloquet River in northeast Minnesota in the United States. It is approximately long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowli ...
.
The river flows from Artichoke Lake in
New Independence Township and flows generally southwardly through
Alborn and
Culver
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*Culver Down, Isle of Wight
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*Culver, Indiana, a town in northern Indiana
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* Culver, Misso ...
Townships. It flows into the Saint Louis River from the north in Culver Township, opposite the town of
Brookston.
See also
*
List of Minnesota rivers
Minnesota has 6,564 natural rivers and streams that cumulatively flow for . The Mississippi River begins its journey from its headwaters at Lake Itasca and crosses the Iowa border downstream. It is joined by the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling, ...
References
Rivers of Minnesota
Rivers of St. Louis County, Minnesota
Tributaries of Lake Superior
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