| Brule River (Minnesota) | |
| Name Etymology: | burnt (French) |
| Pushpin Map: | Minnesota |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth of the Brule River |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Minnesota |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Cook County |
| Source1 Location: | Vista Lake |
| Mouth Location: | Marr Island, Lake Superior |
| Tributaries Left: | Mons Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Gauthier Creek |
The Brule River is a river of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The Brule River originates at Vista Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and flows [1] east and southeast, terminating at Lake Superior approximately 14miles northeast of Grand Marais, Minnesota, within the boundaries of Judge C. R. Magney State Park.[2] [3] A major tributary is the South Brule River, which rises at the east end of Brule Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Brule River is a name derived from the French French: brulé meaning "burnt"; the English name has lost the diacritic and has an anglicized, monosyllabic pronunciation .[4] [5]
Half of the river disappears into a pothole known as "the Devil's Kettle" in Judge C. R. Magney State Park. Studies in 2017 showed that the water comes up at the bottom of the river near the kettle.[6]