Spunk Creek is a stream in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...
of
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
.
The creek's name comes from the
Ojibwe
The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains.
According to the U.S. census, in the United States Ojibwe people are one of ...
Indians, for the
spunk
Spunk may in colloquial English mean either courage or semen. It may otherwise refer to:
Music
* ''Spunk'' (Sex Pistols bootleg album), a 1977 bootleg album by the Sex Pistols
* Spunk/This Is Crap, a 1996 re-issue of ''Spunk'' by the Sex Pistol ...
, or firewood, they collected in the area.
See also
*
List of rivers of Minnesota
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 Snellin ...
References
Rivers of Morrison County, Minnesota
Rivers of Stearns County, Minnesota
Rivers of Minnesota
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