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Minnesota has five navigable rivers. The Mississippi (The.
Father of Waters,) having its rise in Lake Itaska, in the northern’
+ part of the State. 4
‘The St. Croix, flowing through a large portion of the lumber-, «+
_ ing region, Bye
. \ The Minnesota, rising in Dakota Territory and flowing through
‘-alarge portion of the State empties into the Mississippi, five”
miles above St. Paul. It is navigable, in favorable seasons, about,”
800 ‘miles. . he
_ The Red River of the North, forming the northwestern boundary |
ef of the State for a distance of 380 miles, and navigable about 250.’,
~The St. Louis River, flowing into Lake Superior on our north- ~
eastern boundary, a distance of 135 miles.
Besides these, the largest rivers are the Root, Rum, Crow, Sauk, ’
Rk, Long Prairie, Crow Wing, Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Maple, ;—
-.. Cobb, Watonwan, Snake, Kettle, Redwood, Wild Rice, Buffalo, ©
oy Chippewa, Marsh, Pomme de Terre, Lac qui Parle, Mustinka, Yel-
*. slow Medicine, Two Rivers, Cottonwood, Cannon, Zumbro, White.
“water, Cedar, Red Lake, Straight, Vermillion, and others. These,
\\y with a vast number of smaller streams tributary to them, ramify- wees
ing through fertile upland and grassy meadow, in every section of
the State, afford invaluable facilities for the various purposes of
lumbering, milling, manufacturing and agriculture. 4
~ In connection with her rivers, we will say that Minnesota has)
- perhaps the finest water power, within her bounds, to be’found in
the world. This power is found all over the, State, and though |.
only very partially developed, it serves to manufacture 2,600,000
- barrels of flour annually, and runs 250 saw mills. a
' TIMBER. .
“Minnesota i is neither a timber nor a prairie State; yet it pos-
“sesses in a large degree the advantages of both, there being unques-
. ~ tionably a, better proportion of timber and prairie,'and a more |
reps EA admirable intermingling of the two than in any other State. th
ea is estimated that about one-third of Minnesota is timbered. land, '
Bete . of more or less dense growth. In Iowa, it has been officially esti.
mated that only about one-tenth to one- eight of the State i is.
timbered. i :
On the head- waters of the various tributaries. of the extreme
“Upper Mississippi and. St. Croix: rivers. is an extensive forest.
countr, , known as the “pine region, ”’ comprising an estimated
“ea of 21, 000 square miles. Hstending i in, a northeasterly at and,
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