The Sturgeon River is a river 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 ...
, United States, located in
Saint Louis County. It flows through
Sturgeon Township and
French Township, north of
Chisholm and
Hibbing
Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 census. The city was built on mining the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range and still relies on that industrial activity today. At th ...
, and is a tributary of the
Little Fork River
The Little Fork River ( French: ''Rivière Petite Fourche''; Ojibwe: ''Baaganowe-ziibi'') is a river of Minnesota. It flows into the Rainy River.
See also
*List of rivers of Minnesota
*List of longest streams of Minnesota
Out of the 6,564 ...
.
Sturgeon River was so named for its stock of
rock sturgeon
The lake sturgeon (''Acipenser fulvescens''), also known as the rock sturgeon, is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon. Like other sturgeons, this species is a bottom feeder with evolutionarily basal tr ...
fish.
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
Minnesota WatershedsUSGS Geographic Names Information Service
*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)
Rivers of St. Louis County, Minnesota
Rivers of Minnesota
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