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Kimball Creek (Minnesota)

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River in Minnesota, United States
Kimball Creek
Kimball Creek (Minnesota) is located in MinnesotaKimball Creek (Minnesota)Mouth of Kimball Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationGrand Marais, Minnesota
 • coordinates47°51′45″N 90°15′13″W / 47.8623897°N 90.2537085°W / 47.8623897; -90.2537085
Mouth 
 • locationLake Superior
 • coordinates47°47′05″N 90°10′54″W / 47.7846137°N 90.1817665°W / 47.7846137; -90.1817665
Length8.9-mile-long (14.3 km)

Kimball Creek is an 8.9-mile-long (14.3 km) stream in northeastern Minnesota, the United States. It is a tributary of Lake Superior.

Kimball Creek was named for Charles G. Kimball, an explorer who drowned in Lake Superior near the creek.

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: Kimball Creek
  3. Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 144.


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