Willow River (Little Fork River tributary)

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Willow River
River
Country United States
State Minnesota
Region Koochiching County and St. Louis County, Minnesota
Part of Little Fork River
Source
 - location Gheen, Minnesota
 - coordinates 47°56′4.7″N92°47′34.62″W / 47.934639°N 92.7929500°W / 47.934639; -92.7929500
Mouth
 - location Silverdale, Minnesota
 - coordinates 47°57′52.73″N93°7′12.62″W / 47.9646472°N 93.1201722°W / 47.9646472; -93.1201722

The Willow River is a river of Minnesota. It rises in St. Louis County near Gheen and flows into the Little Fork River in Class County, near Silverdale. [1] Willow River is part of the Hudson Bay drainage basin. [2]

Minnesota State of the United States of America

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, and northern regions of the United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. The state has a large number of lakes, and is known by the slogan the "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord.

Gheen (community), Minnesota Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States

Gheen is an unincorporated community in Gheen Territory, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States; located one mile east of Gheen Corner on Willow River Road.

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References

  1. "GNIS Detail - Willow River". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  2. Minnesota Drainage Commission (1912). Report of Water Resources Investigation. p. 594.