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The Rum River State Forest is a state forest located in Kanabec, Mille Lacs and Morrison counties in central Minnesota.The forest is nearby the city of Onamia and is along the Rum River, just downstream (south) of Mille Lacs Lake.
The Rum River is a slow, meandering stream that connects Minnesota's Mille Lacs Lake with the Mississippi River.It runs for 151 miles (243 km) [3] through the communities of Onamia, Milaca, Princeton, Cambridge, Isanti, and St. Francis before ending at the city of Anoka, roughly 20 miles northwest of Minneapolis.
In the early 19th century, the River Hills area was controlled by Native Americans, including the Menominee, Potawatomi, and Sauk people.The Menominee surrendered the land east of the Milwaukee River to the United States Federal Government through the Treaty of Washington in 1832.
Princeton is a city in Mille Lacs and Sherburne counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota, at the junction of the Rum River and its West Branch. It is 50 miles (80 km) north of Minneapolis and 30 miles (48 km) east of St. Cloud, at the intersection of Highways 169 and 95.
The refuge is one of only two that spans portions of four states (the other is Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge).As of 30 September 2007 the area per state was: Wisconsin: 89,637.54 acres (362.75 km 2), Iowa: 51,147.78 acres (206.99 km 2), Minnesota: 33,868.64 acres (137.06 km 2), Illinois: 33,489.57 acres (135.53 km 2).
Great River Bluffs State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, on the Mississippi River southeast of Winona.Originally known as O. L. Kipp State Park, it was renamed in the late 1990s to describe better its resources.
Lac qui Parle State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, near Watson. Lac qui Parle is a French translation of the native Dakota name, "Mde Lyedan," meaning "lake that speaks".
Morrison Mounds is a historic site north of Battle Lake, Minnesota, United States, consisting of 22 Native American burial mounds, built beginning around 800 B.C. Twenty are conical, one flat-topped and one elongated, all near Otter Tail Lake.