The Cloquet River is a 104-mile-long river in Minnesota, United States. It is the main tributary of the Saint Louis River. Cloquet River is known in the Ojibwe language as the Gaa-biitootigweyaag-ziibi. On the map of Stephen H. Long's expedition in 1823, it shows that stream as "Rapid River", and it is unnamed on the map by David Thompson in 1826 for the propose…
The Cloquet River is a 104-mile-long river in Minnesota, United States. It is the main tributary of the Saint Louis River. Cloquet River is known in the Ojibwe language as the Gaa-biitootigweyaag-ziibi. On the map of Stephen H. Long's expedition in 1823, it shows that stream as "Rapid River", and it is unnamed on the map by David Thompson in 1826 for the proposed routes of the international boundary. However, on the 1843 Joseph N. Nicollet map, the river is identified by its present name.
Country: United States
State: Minnesota
Counties: Lake, St. Louis
Length: 104 miles (167 km)
Progression: Cloquet River→ Saint Louis River→ Lake Superior
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