The Tongue River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
accessed June 8, 2011 tributary of the

Pembina River Pembina River may refer to: *Pembina River (Alberta), a river in central Alberta, Canada *Pembina River (Manitoba – North Dakota) The Pembina River is a tributary of the Red River of the North, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. Nationa ...

in northeastern

North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...

in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

. It drains an area of the prairie country near the Canada–US border in the extreme northeast corner of the state in the watershed of the Red River. It rises in eastern

Cavalier County Cavalier County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. It is south of the Canada–US border with Manitoba. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,704. Its county seat is Langdon. The city of Cavalier is in nearby Pembina County ...

and flows in a direct course east-northeast into

Pembina County Pembina County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. At the 2020 census its population was 6,844. The county seat is Cavalier. History For thousands of years, various indigenous peoples inhabited the area along the Pembina and Red r ...

, passing the towns of

Cavalier The term Cavalier () was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II of England during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – ). It ...

, Neche and

Bathgate Bathgate ( sco, Bathket or , gd, Both Chèit) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, west of Livingston and adjacent to the M8 motorway. Nearby towns are Armadale, Blackburn, Linlithgow, Livingston, West Calder and Whitburn. Situated sout ...

. It joins the Pembina from the south approximately upstream from the mouth of the Pembina on the Red River. Upstream of Cavalier, the river passes through

Icelandic State Park Icelandic State Park is a public recreation area on the north shore of Lake Renwick, west of Cavalier in Akra Township, Pembina County, North Dakota. The state park encompasses more than , two hundred of which are wooded. The park features a ...

, where

Renwick Dam Renwick Dam (National ID # ND00054) is a dam in Akra Township, Pembina County, North Dakota, USA, in the northeastern corner of the state. The earthen dam was completed in 1962 at a height of and a length of at its crest. It impounds the Tongu ...

causes it to form Lake Renwick. Below the dam, foot trails follow the river in the

Gunlogson Arboretum Nature Preserve Icelandic State Park is a public recreation area on the north shore of Lake Renwick, west of Cavalier in Akra Township, Pembina County, North Dakota. The state park encompasses more than , two hundred of which are wooded. The park features a ...

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Icelandic State Park website
Bodies of water of Cavalier County, North Dakota Bodies of water of Pembina County, North Dakota Rivers of North Dakota Tributaries of Hudson Bay {{NorthDakota-river-stub

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