Talmadge River

Talmadge River
Country United States
Physical characteristics
Main source Minnesota

The Talmadge River is a 6.0-mile-long (9.7 km)[1] river in southern Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.[2] It flows through Lakewood Township into Lake Superior, just north of the city of Duluth.

Talmadge River bears the name of Josiah Talmadge, a pioneer who settled near the river in 1856.[3]

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed May 7, 2012
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Talmadge River
  3. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 492.

Coordinates: 46°53′01″N 91°54′53″W / 46.88361°N 91.91472°W / 46.88361; -91.91472


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