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Downtown Little Falls. Little Falls is a city and the county seat of Morrison County, Minnesota, United States, near the geographic center of the state. [4] The population was 9,140 at the 2020 census, [5] up from 8,343 in 2010. Little Falls was the boyhood home of noted aviator Charles Lindbergh.
The Little Cannon River is a 30.6-mile-long (49.2 km) [3] river of Minnesota in the United States. It flows into the Cannon River at the city of Cannon Falls.A section of the Little Cannon River south of Sogn, Minnesota is a designated trout stream by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", Minnesota has 11,842 lakes of 10 acres (4.05 ha) or more. [1] The 1968 state survey found 15,291 lake basins, of which 3,257 were dry. [2] If all basins over 2.5 acres were counted, Minnesota would have 21,871 lakes. [3]
Little Cannon River, Straight River, Little Cannon River (Sabre Lake) (near Kilkenny), Belle Creek) The Cannon River is a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows 112 miles (180 km) from Shields Lake [ 3 ] near Shieldsville to Red Wing in the U.S. state of Minnesota , where it joins the Mississippi River.
Watersheds [1] of Minnesota. Minnesota has 6,564 natural rivers and streams that cumulatively flow for 69,000 miles (111,000 km). The Mississippi River begins its journey from its headwaters at Lake Itasca and crosses the Iowa border 680 mi (1,094 km) downstream.
Blanchard Dam is a dam across the Mississippi River, in Bellevue Township and Swan River Township, Morrison County, near the city of Royalton, Minnesota. [1] Blanchard is a hydroelectric station owned and operated by Minnesota Power. The dam sits slightly upriver from the former Soo Line rail bridge. The bridge now carries a recreational trail.
In the mid-1970s, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources started focusing on restoring Hay Creek. [6] By 1976, over half of the length of Hay Creek is a Minnesota designated trout stream. [7] Like the Vermillion River, Hay Creek receives extensive fishing pressure due to its proximity to Minneapolis–St. Paul.
The Little Falls area was first settled in 1848, and platted in 1855. Its growth occurred when the Little Falls Company (later called the Little Falls Manufacturing Company) built a second dam. This dam washed out, as had the first, and Little Falls entered a long period of economic depression and stagnant population.