Embarrass River (Minnesota)

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| name = Embarrass River

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| image = December Snowfall (30674073593).jpg

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| image_caption = Embarrass River in Winter

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| pushpin_map_caption= Mouth of the Embarrass River

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| subdivision_name1 = United States

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| subdivision_name2 = Minnesota

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| subdivision_name3 = St. Louis County

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| source1_location = Babbitt

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| river_system = Saint Louis River

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The Embarrass River is a {{convert|50.5|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 tributary of the Saint Louis River in northern Minnesota, United States. It rises just west of the city of Babbitt and flows southwest, turning briefly south to thread a gap between the Embarrass Mountains to the east and the Mesabi Range to the west. The river flows into the Saint Louis River southeast of Eveleth. During the fur-trading days and the era of exploration, the river was part of a historic trade route from Lower Canada via Lake Superior, across the Height of Land, and down the Rainy River to Lake Winnipeg to the pays d'en haut—the fur-bearing regions of the Canadian northwest.{{Gnis|661216|Embarrass River}}{{cite book

| last = Morse

| first = Eric

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| title = Fur Trade Routes of Canada

| publisher = NorthWord Press

| year = 1979

| location = Minoqua, WI

| pages = 71–75

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| isbn = 1-55971-045-4}}{{cite web

| last = Vogel

| first = Robert C.

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|author2=David G. Stanley

| title = Portage Trails in Minnesota, 1630s-1870s

| work = Multiple Property Documentation Form

| publisher = US Dept. of the Interior, Nat'l Park Service

| year = 1992

| url = {{NRHP url|id=64500288}}

| format = pdf

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| accessdate = 2014-05-06}}

The river was so named on account of the many obstacles in the rivers to canoeists.{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|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/n499 482]}}