Schoolcraft River Fishing Spot

  • Elevation: 1341'
  • Last Modified By: overstdr on 02/13/08 09:58 AM
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Schoolcraft River Description

The Schoolcraft River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 30 mi (48 km) long, in northern Minnesota in the United States. Although short, it is considered as the first major tributary of the Mississippi, since it is the first river that joins the Mississippi below its source that is nearly the same size as the Mississippi itself. The river is named after Henry Schoolcraft, who mapped the region and discovered nearby Lake Itasca as the source of the Mississippi in 1831. Its name in the Ojibwe language is Ozaawindibe-ziibi (Yellow-head River), named after Ozaawindib who guided Schoolcraft to the near-by Omashkoozo-zaaga'igan (Elk Lake), which Schoolcraft then named it Lake Itasca.

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