Caribou River
Looking upstream from the Superior Hiking Trail
Caribou River (Minnesota) is located in Minnesota
Caribou River (Minnesota)
Mouth of the Caribou River
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyLake County, Minnesota
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCramer
 • coordinates47°35′18″N 91°01′28″W / 47.5882362°N 91.0243162°W / 47.5882362; -91.0243162
MouthLake Superior
 • coordinates
47°27′43″N 91°01′44″W / 47.461852°N 91.0287701°W / 47.461852; -91.0287701
Length15.0-mile-long (24.1 km)
Basin features
River systemLake Superior Drainage Basin
WaterfallsCaribou Falls

The Caribou River is a 15.0-mile-long (24.1 km)[1] river in northern Minnesota, the United States. It rises in a swamp about .6 miles (1 km) south of Morris Lake and two miles (3.2 km) east of Echo Lake, near the Lake/Cook County line, at an altitude about 1620 feet (494 m) above sea level. It descends some 1,020 (311 m.) feet in elevation as it flows south to its mouth at Lake Superior, also near the eastern border of Lake County.[2]

Habitat

The Caribou River is a designated trout stream with populations of brook and rainbow trout.[3]

See also


References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 7, 2012
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caribou River
  3. ^ "Trout angling: Northeastern MN". Minnesota DNR. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
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