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Red Lake River State Water Trail A STATE WA TER TRAIL GUIDE T O THE RED L AKE RIVER Middle Thief Bay Pool Adolph Elseth River Grygla Grygla W.M.A. Wapiti Red Lake W.M.A. New W.M.A. W.M.A. W.M.A. Old Mill Folden Beltrami State Park Agassiz Moose River W.M.A. Island Carry-in Access Dam River 32 Agassiz 89 State National Mud Forest Trailer Access Drinking Water Pool River Eckvoll W.M.A. Green Valley Outfitter New Folden Wildlife W.M.A. Rest Area W.M.A. Stump Pool River Benville 59 W.M.A. Designated Public Lands 89 Campsite Refuge 219 Grygla Fishing Pier Tribal Lands Snake Moylan Espelie Steenerson Lost W.M.A. W.M.A. River Mile W.M.A. Gun-dog Thief 89 Elm Lake Saw-Whet W.M.A. Warren W.M.A. Rapids River W.M.A. Snake Viking Sharp River Branch Willow Run Wolf Trail Fireweed 0 1 2 3 Miles W.M.A. W.M.A. NORTH 2 Adger W.M.A. W.M.A. W.M.A. South 1 2 Elm Creek Lee 0 1 2 3 Kilometers W.M.A. Carmelee Snowshoe Sem W.M.A. W.M.A. W.M.A. MARSHALL CO. W.M.A. Hamre Moylan W.M.A. W.M.A. MARSHALL CO. 219 PENNINGTON CO. Thief River POLK CO. Falls BELTRAMI CO. Red 89 Hwy 59 Centennial Park Goodridge 63 63 1 63 75 PENNINGTON CO. 130 Thief River Falls Dam 1 Portage right 84 1 Smiley 22 125 Bridge 32 LaFave Lake 220 Beach 59 135 62 7 Kratka Goodridge 140 23 W.M.A. Thief River 7 Crossing Falls Regional 85 Airport 24 Black 150 145 High 27 6 Jacksnipe 155 Landing Pembina W.M.A. RED 120 17 58 Indian W.M.A. 160 58 21 88 165 3 City Park Co. Rd. 3 97 89 Bridge 3 Red Lake Higinbotham Hazel 22 Neptune Bridge Reservation DNR Grand W.M.A. 3 24 Belgium St. Hilaire 3 permit and 170 Cahill BELTRAMI CO. W.M.A. 12 115 guide are Lake Roosevelt required to Lake CLEARWATER CO. River LAKE paddle this Oriniak 175 W.M.A. 2 section Reservation East Grand Forks (RM 193 - RM 175.1) PENNINGTON CO. 23 94 Dam Portage right RED LAKE CO. 27 L. 110 PENNINGTON CO. 96 Lower Red Lake Dam Marais POLK CO. 180 9 RED LAKE CO. Black 1 RIVER II Intermittent Class I-II rapids Creek Clearwater 190 from river mile 114 to 66 River 185 R. Browns 59 Red River 13 51 195 State Emmardville Lower Recreation Creek 2 W.M.A. 3 Sportsmen’s Park 105 Red Area 5 2 32 5 POLK CO. 2 Lake 57 13 Plummer 10 95 Moran Crane Gully W.M.A. 18 100 W.M.A. W.M.A. Red 13 90 Hout Red Lake 15 W.M.A. Falls 58 75 108 Huot Park 80 1 Crookston 85 Voyageur’s View Clearwater Municipal Huot 11 Route Description of the Red Lake River Airport 17 220 Gervais 20 W.M.A. 59 Cyr Beau River NOTE: (R) and (L) represent right and left banks of the river when 84.7 (L) Confluence of Cyr Creek. 18 57 112 RED 25 Fisher Landing Stipa facing downstream. 75 W.M.A. 82.1-79.9(R) Part of Huot Wildlife Management Area. 11 Lower 92 Red Lake Terrebonne 212 Creek Falls 80.0 (R) Confluence of the Black River. 13 Creek Municipal 15 Fisher 2 RIVER MILE Airport Gerlot 61 Dam Kripple 79.5 (R) Huot Park trailer access. Site of an 1863 treaty in which 30 Portage Crookston 70 Cr. River 35 61 Highway 75 right Badger 195.5 Lower Red Lake Dam at Highway 89. 223 40 45 Central Park the Ojibwe ceded almost 10 mil.acres of land. This same Burnham 11 Gentilly 188.2 Red Lake Indian Reservation Road bridge. site is the historic crossing point for the Red River oxcart RIVER Marcoux Creek 60 65 W.M.A. Creek 183.1 Dam, portage right. LAKE III 32 drivers, freighting goods between Winnipeg and St. Paul. 9 50 175.1 (R) Neptune Bridge trailer access at County Road 27. 9 55 79.0 County Road 3 bridge. 2 217 166.8 (R) County Road 3 bridge carry-in access. River RED LAKE CO. 69.8 (L) Confluence of the Gentilly River. 16 163.4 (R) High Landing trailer access at County Road 24. This site 214 POLK CO. 67.5 County Road 11 bridge. Malmberg Creek 248 46 Prairie S.N.A. is an historic timber landing from the early 1800s. Dalea 63.1 Dam, portage right. 75 W.M.A. 102 Kertsonville 158.5 County Road 23 bridge. W.M.A. 55.5 (R) Central Park trailer access, has a rest area and campsites. 2 150.6 (R) Kratka Crossing carry-in access at County Road 22 bridge. of City of Crookston. 140.9 (R) Smiley carry-in access at County Road 7 bridge. Tympanuchus Pembina 55.4 Highway 2 bridge. 9 W.M.A. Trail 128.6 (R) Centennial Park trailer access at the Highway 1 bridge. Eldred Reserve Mentor 53.8 Highway 75 bridge. S.N.A. NORTH Park has a picnic shelter, restrooms, drinking water, Dougdale Tilden 53.8 Rock riffles - rapids. DAKOTA W.M.A. W.M.A. fishing pier and public parking facilities. 51.0 (R) Highway 75 bridge trailer access. 220 Oak Ridge 128.1 (L) LaFave Beach has restrooms, drinking water, and public Marsh W.M.A. 32.7 (L) Confluence of Burnham Creek. Shypoke parking facilities. Maple W.M.A. Lake 27.9 County Road 15 bridge. Burnham Meadows 127.5 Dam, portage right. W.M.A. 27.9 (R) Fisher Landing carry-in access. Drinking water is available Trail Maple W.M.A. 123.3 (L) Thief River Falls Regional Airport. the Creek Rydell at the town of Fisher. This is an historic steamboat landing Burnham 117.1 County Road 3 bridge. W.M.A. National Climax that was greatly used in the 1800s, prior to the entrance of Godfrey Wildlife 114.8 (R) Town of St. Hilaire trailer access, camping and rest area. W.M.A. Refuge railroads at the turn of the century. Onstad Union Drinking water and supplies in town. Sand Chicog W.M.A. W.M.A. Lake 24.0 (R) Confluence of Grand Marais Creek. Woodside 114.5-66 Intermittent class I-II rapids. 32 W.M.A. 14.0 Township road bridge. 102 Creek 97.8 County Highway 32 bridge. Maple 5.6 Highway 220 bridge. 75 Kittleson Kittleson Hill Creek Lake Halverson 93.9 (L) Voyageur’s View carry-in access at County Road Lake 3.0-0 Red River State Recreation Area. 13 bridge. Lake 0.3 (R) Trailer access. River Fertile Municipal Arthur 93.0 (R) Sportsmen’s Park trailer access and the confluence of the Beltrami Liberty River 1 W.M.A. Airport 0.2 Rock riffles - rapids. North Nielsville 1 Clearwater River (river left). This park has a rest area, 1 Fertile 0.0 Trailer access. Sand Hill campsites, and drinking water. This is also an historic 0.0 Confluence with the Red River of the North. 1 sturgeon spawning site, as well as the site of the original POLK CO. 9 Raff Red Lake Falls Sawmill. Agassiz Dunes Lake MAHNOMEN CO. S.N.A. 85.0 (R) Part of Huot Wildlife Management Area. Agassiz-Olson W.M.A. 32 Ranum W.M.A. STATE WATER TRAIL MAP A STATE WATER TRAIL GUIDE TO THE RED LAKE RIVER Red Lake River The river holds a variety of secrets just waiting for you to explore. Bring your binoculars, a field guide or just your curiosity and enjoy the river’s magic. DAVID The Red Lake River Just downstream • Get acquainted with your route. Plan your trip are estimates based on observations at low or from Huot is the Old with a map before you depart and advise moderate water levels or on secondhand reports. Marshy wilderness, flat farmland, towering Crossing Treaty State someone of your plans including planned eroded cliffs and steep, wooded banks Historical Wayside departure and arrival times. CLASS I. Easy rapids with small waves and few characterize the Red Lake River. Park, where in 1868 • Travel with a companion or group. obstructions. Warroad the Ojibway Indians • Choose a distance that is comfortable for you, CLASS II. Rapids with waves up to three feet Roseau One of the few canoeing rivers in northwest ceded almost 10 most people paddle two to three river miles per high. Some maneuvering is required. Baudette Rainy Minnesota, the Red Lake flows westward to join ARSCOT DAVID million acres of land hour. CLASS III. Difficult rapids with high, irregular Thief Rapid Snake 59 the Red River in East Grand Forks. for white settlement of • Wear a U. S. Coast Guard approved personal waves capable of swamping an open canoe. North Upper Red Thief Lake the Red River Valley. flotation device that state law requires be on Narrow chutes may require extensive River Falls Lake Above the dam at river mile 181 the Red Lake This also was an board the boat for each person. maneuvering. Usually considered the limit BLUE VERVAIN; VERVAIN; BLUE 75 the Red Clearwater 71 flows through marshland in the Red Lake Indian important crossing of • Bring a first aid kit that includes waterproof for an experienced paddler in an open CENTRAL PARK; DAVID ARSCOT DAVID CENTRAL PARK; Lower Red of 2 Lake Reservation.
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