Bois de Sioux River

River
45°51′42″N 96°34′23″W / 45.8616667°N 96.5730556°W / 45.8616667; -96.5730556 (Bois de Sioux River origin) Mouth 
 • location
Confluence with the Otter Tail River to form the Red River
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46°15′52″N 96°35′55″W / 46.2644444°N 96.5986111°W / 46.2644444; -96.5986111 (Bois de Sioux River mouth)
 • elevation
951 ft (290 m)Length41 mi (66 km)Basin featuresProgressionBois de Sioux River → Red River → Lake Winnipeg → Nelson River → Hudson Bay → Atlantic OceanGNIS ID640348
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The Bois de Sioux River (/bɔɪz də suː/) drains Lake Traverse, the southernmost body of water in the Hudson Bay watershed of North America. It is a tributary of the Red River of the North and defines part of the western border of the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the eastern borders of North Dakota and South Dakota. It is about 41 miles (66 km) in length.[1][2]

Bois de Sioux is a name derived from French meaning "Woods of the Sioux".[3]

Course

The river flows northward from a Corps of Engineers dam at the north end of Lake Traverse and shortly enters Mud Lake. Downstream of Mud Lake it is a small stream, and its flow has been channelized and straightened in some places so that the watercourse diverges slightly from the historic state boundary. It passes the town of White Rock, South Dakota before joining the Otter Tail River to form the Red River of the North at Wahpeton, North Dakota, and Breckenridge, Minnesota.

Tributaries

The two largest tributaries of the Bois de Sioux are the Mustinka River, which flows into Lake Traverse, and the Rabbit River south of Breckenridge; both of these enter from Minnesota.

The Bois de Sioux River below the dam of Mud Lake, in Traverse County, Minnesota. This section of the river has been channelized in a straight line slightly east of the Minnesota-South Dakota border.

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data The National Map Archived 29 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 8 June 2011
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bois de Sioux River
  3. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 554.
  • Waters, Thomas F. (1977). The Streams and Rivers of Minnesota. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0-8166-0960-8.
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