Onion River (Minnesota)

Onion River
The Onion River near its mouth, in Ray Berglund State Wayside
Country United States
Physical characteristics
Main source Minnesota
River mouth Lake Superior
Length 6.1 miles (9.8 km)

The Onion River is a 6.1-mile-long (9.8 km)[1] stream in northeastern Minnesota, the United States, flowing directly into Lake Superior.[2]

A small property at the mouth of the river is managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources as Ray Berglund State Wayside, a memorial donated by the friends of a St. Paul businessman and conservationist in 1951.[3]

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 7, 2012
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Onion River (Minnesota)
  3. Meyer, Roy Willard (1991). Everyone's Country Estate: A History of Minnesota's State Parks. Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87351-266-9.

Coordinates: 47°36′29″N 90°46′16″W / 47.60806°N 90.77111°W / 47.60806; -90.77111


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