Sleepy Eye Creek

Summary

Sleepy Eye Creek is a 51.8-mile-long (83.4 km)[1] tributary of the Cottonwood River of Minnesota, the United States.[2] Via the Cottonwood River, its water flows to the Minnesota River and eventually the Mississippi River.

Sleepy Eye Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMinnesota

Sleepy Eye Creek was named for Chief Sleepy Eye.[3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 5, 2012
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sleepy Eye Creek
  3. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 72.

External links edit

  • Minnesota Watersheds
  • USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)

44°15′12″N 94°46′22″W / 44.25333°N 94.77278°W / 44.25333; -94.77278