Mission Creek (Saint Louis River tributary)

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Mission Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1] It is a tributary of the Saint Louis River.

Mission Creek took its name from an Ojibwe Indian mission founded near the creek. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mission Creek (Saint Louis River tributary)
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 493.

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