The Burntside River is a river of
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
. The river flows through the west–central portion of
Morse Township in northern
Saint Louis County.
The river originates from
Burntside Lake
Burntside Lake is a lake, located northwest of Ely, Minnesota, in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. Its western boundary adjoins the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on Tamarack Creek.
Native fish include Bluegill, Golden Shiner, Green Su ...
and flows east-northeast to
Shagawa Lake.
The river's name comes from the
Ojibwe
The Ojibwe (; Ojibwe writing systems#Ojibwe syllabics, syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: ''Ojibweg'' ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (''Ojibwewaki'' ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Great Lakes region and the Great Plains, n ...
Indians, for nearby areas burned in wildfires.
See also
*
List of rivers of Minnesota
Minnesota has 6,564 natural rivers and streams that cumulatively flow for . The Mississippi River begins its journey from its headwaters at Lake Itasca and crosses the Iowa border downstream. It is joined by the Minnesota River at Fort Snel ...
References
Minnesota Watersheds*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)
Rivers of Minnesota
Rivers of St. Louis County, Minnesota
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