Coordinates: 47°47′05″N 90°10′54″W / 47.7846137°N 90.1817665°W / 47.7846137; -90.1817665

Kimball Creek (Minnesota)

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Kimball Creek
Kimball Creek (Minnesota) is located in Minnesota
Kimball 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 
 • location
Lake Superior
 • coordinates
47°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)[1] stream in northeastern Minnesota, the United States. It is a tributary of Lake Superior.[2]

Kimball Creek was named for Charles G. Kimball, an explorer who drowned in Lake Superior near the creek.[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: Kimball Creek
  3. ^ Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 144.