The St. Thomson is a city in Carlton County, Minnesota, USA, along the St Louis River is a river in the U. S. State of Minnesota that flows into Lake Superior. Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers Lake Superior is the largest of the five Great Lakes of North America. The largest river to flow into the lake, it is 179 miles (288 kilometers) in length and starts near Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Length is the long Dimension of any object The length of a thing is the distance between its ends its linear extent as measured from end to end Hoyt Lakes is a city in St Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The river's watershed is 3634 square miles (9412 km²) in area. A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Near the Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin, the river becomes a freshwater estuary. Duluth is a Port City in the US state of Minnesota and the County seat of St The city of Superior sits at the junction of US Highway 2 and U An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open
According to Warren Upham, he records the Ojibwe name of the river being Gichigami-ziibi (Great-lake River). Warren Upham (1850 &ndash 1934 was a geologist archaeologist and librarian who is best known for his studies of glacial Lake Agassiz. He also records:
The river was probably so named by Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (1685-1749), who was a very active explorer, in the years 1731 and onward, of the vast country from Pigeon River and Rainy Lake to the Saskatchewan and Missouri Rivers, establishing trading posts and missions. Pierre Gaultier de Varennes sieur de La Vérendrye ( November 17, 1685 &ndash December 5, 1749) was a French Canadian military officer Year 1749 ( MDCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Pigeon River forms part of the US - Canada border between the State of Minnesota and the Province of Ontario west of Lake Superior Rainy Lake (French lac à la Pluie is a relatively large lake (345 sq mi or 894 km² that straddles the border between the United States and Canada. The Saskatchewan River ( Cree: kisiskāciwani-sīpiy, "swift flowing river" is a major river in Canada, approximately 550 km (340 mi long The king of France in 1749, shortly before the death of La Vérendrye, conferred on him the cross of St. Year 1749 ( MDCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Louis as a recognition of the importance of his discoveries, and thence the name of the St. Louis River appears to have come. On Jean Baptiste Louis Franquelin's map (1688) and Philippe Buache's map (1754), it is called the Riviére du Fond du Lac, and the map by Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1755) and Jonathan Carver's map (1778) are the earliest to give the present name. Philippe Buache, was a French geographer born in Paris in 1700 Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688–1766 also known as Le Sieur or Monsieur Robert and his son Didier Robert de Vaugondy (c Year 1755 ( MDCCLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Jonathan Carver ( April 13[[ 715]] &ndash January 31[[ 780]] was an American explorer and writer Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or
In the mid 20th century, the St. Superior National Forest, part of the United States National Forest system is located in the Arrowhead Region of the state of Minnesota between Hoyt Lakes is a city in St Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Louis River became one of the most heavily polluted waterways in the state. Holling Clancy Holling, in his 1942 book Paddle to the Sea, illustrated the polluted state of the St. Holling Clancy Holling (born 1900 in Jackson County Michigan, died 1973 was an American author and illustrator best known for the book Paddle-to-the-Sea, which Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paddle-to-the-Sea is a 1941 children's book written and illustrated by American author and artist Holling C Louis River. By 1975, the river became an Environmental Protection Agency Area of Concern. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The river began to be cleaned up when a new wastewater treatment facility was completed in 1978 as part of the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District under Alexander Kok. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Through the 1980s and 1990s, additional cleanups took place, and the river is now significantly less polluted. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999
See also
External links
- St. Louis River Citizens Action Committee
- Great Lakes Areas of Concern: St. Louis River
- Minnesota Place Names
- Western Lake Superior Sanitary District
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