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Devil Track River

Coordinates: 47°46′06″N 90°15′40″W / 47.7682244°N 90.2612124°W / 47.7682244; -90.2612124[1]
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Devil Track River
A stretch of Devil Track River
Devil Track River is located in Minnesota
Devil Track River
Mouth of Devil Track River
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyCook County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationDevil Track Lake
 • coordinates47°49′07″N 90°22′03″W / 47.8186111°N 90.3675°W / 47.8186111; -90.3675
Mouth 
 • location
Lake Superior
 • coordinates
47°46′06″N 90°15′40″W / 47.7682244°N 90.2612124°W / 47.7682244; -90.2612124[1]

The Devil Track River is an 8.7-mile-long (14.0 km)[2] river in northeastern Minnesota, the United States. It begins at the outlet of Devil Track Lake and flows southeast to Lake Superior east of Croftville.

Devil Track River is a loose translation of the Ojibwe-language name.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Devil Track River
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 142.