Cross_River_(Lake_Superior) Knowpia

	Mouth of the Cross River
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Cook County, Lake County
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Toohey Lake
• coordinates	47°42′45″N 90°59′33″W / 47.7123986°N 90.9923616°W
Mouth
• location	Schroeder, Minnesota, Lake Superior
• coordinates	47°32′35″N 90°53′31″W / 47.5429584°N 90.8918179°W
Length	20.4-mile-long (32.8 km)

The Cross River is a 20.4-mile-long (32.8 km)^[1] river in northern Minnesota, the United States. It is a direct tributary of Lake Superior.^[2]

Cross River was named for a wooden cross erected at the river's mouth by a priest.^[3]

References edit

^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 7, 2012
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cross River
^ Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 142.