Cross River (Lake Superior)

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| pushpin_map = Minnesota

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| pushpin_map_caption= Mouth of the Cross River

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| subdivision_name1 = United States

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| subdivision_name2 = Minnesota

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| subdivision_name3 = Cook County, Lake County

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| source1_location = Toohey Lake

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| mouth_location = Schroeder, Minnesota, Lake Superior

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The Cross River is a {{convert|20.4|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed May 7, 2012 river in northern Minnesota, the United States. It is a direct tributary of Lake Superior.{{GNIS|655891|Cross River}}

Originally named {{native name|oj|Ina’oonaani-ziibi}} the river was the site of an incident in 1846 when the missionary priest Frederic Baraga landed here during a storm. He erected a wooden cross at the river's mouth as a memorial and the river became known as Cross River as a result.{{cite book|author=Warren Upham|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n161 142]}}{{cite web|url=https://ojibwe.net/rivers-of-the-north-shore/|title=Rivers of the North Shore|website=ojibwe.net}}{{cite book |last1=Fritzen |first1=John |title=Historic Sites and Place Names of Minnesota's North Shore |date=1974 |publisher=St. Louis County Historical Society |location=Duluth, MN |pages=19}}