Knife River (disambiguation)
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- The Knife RiverKnife River (Lake Superior)The Knife River is a river of northern Minnesota which drains a portion of Lake and St. Louis counties into Lake Superior between Duluth and Two Harbors.-Name:The Knife River's name is an accurate preservation of its native Ojibwe name, Mokomani Zibi...
, a tributary of Lake SuperiorLake SuperiorLake 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...
in MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota 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...
in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... - The Knife RiverKnife River (Snake River)The Knife River is a tributary of the Snake River in east central Minnesota in the United States. It is one of three streams in Minnesota with this name. Its name is a translation from the Dakota Isaanti. Knife Lake and Santee Sioux are named after this river...
, a tributary of the Snake RiverSnake River (St. Croix River)The Snake River is a tributary of the St. Croix River in east central Minnesota in the United States. It is one of three streams in Minnesota with this name . Its name is a translation from the Ojibwa Ginebigo-ziibi after the Dakota peoples who made their homes along this river...
in Minnesota in the United States - The Knife RiverKnife RiverThis article is about the river in North Dakota. For other meanings, see Knife River The Knife River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 120 mi long, in North Dakota in the United States....
in North Dakota in the United States - North Knife River, north of Churchill, ManitobaChurchill, ManitobaChurchill is a town on the shore of Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada. It is most famous for the many polar bears that move toward the shore from inland in the autumn, leading to the nickname "Polar Bear Capital of the World" that has helped its growing tourism industry.-History:A variety of nomadic...
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- Knife River Indian Villages National Historic SiteKnife River Indian Villages National Historic SiteThe Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, which was established in 1974, preserves the historic and archaeological remnants of the Northern Plains Indians. This area was a major trading and agricultural area. There were three villages that occupied the Knife area. In general, these...
- Knife River Corporation, a construction materials company owned by MDU Resources