Brule River (Minnesota)
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The Brule River is a river of Minnesota
. The Brule River originates at Brule Lake (along with the Temperance River
) in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
and terminates at Lake Superior
approximately 14 mi (22.5 km) northeast of Grand Marais, Minnesota
within the boundaries of Judge C. R. Magney State Park
.
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. The Brule River originates at Brule Lake (along with the Temperance River
Temperance River
The Temperance River is a river in northern Minnesota, which drains into Lake Superior along its north shore just south of Tofte. It flows out of Brule Lake in Cook County towards its mouth within Temperance River State Park. Its name is supposedly a pun on its lack of a sand bar.-Name:The...
) in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness , is a wilderness area within the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota under the administration of the U.S. Forest Service...
and terminates at Lake Superior
Lake Superior
Lake Superior is the largest of the five traditionally-demarcated Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota, and to the south by the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Michigan. It is the largest freshwater lake in the...
approximately 14 mi (22.5 km) northeast of Grand Marais, Minnesota
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Grand Marais is a city in Cook County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,351 at the 2010 census. It is also the county seat of Cook County...
within the boundaries of Judge C. R. Magney State Park
Judge C. R. Magney State Park
Judge C. R. Magney State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, on the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was named for Clarence R. Magney, a former mayor of Duluth and judge on the Minnesota Supreme Court, who was instrumental in getting 11 state parks and scenic waysides established along the...
.