Dead River (Otter Tail River tributary) explained

Dead River
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	United States

The Dead River is a 17.5adj=midNaNadj=mid^[1] tributary of the Otter Tail River of Minnesota in the United States. It rises east of Dent and flows south through Dead Lake and Walker Lake to its mouth at Otter Tail Lake on the Otter Tail River.

The name Dead River commemorates a massacre of the Ojibwe Indians.^[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Minnesota

References

• Minnesota Watersheds
• USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)

Notes and References

1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 8, 2011
2. Book: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. 1920. Minnesota Historical Society. 393.