Pelican River (Otter Tail River tributary)

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| name = Pelican River

| image = Pelican River near Becker County Road 20, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.jpg

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| image_caption = Pelican River near Becker County Road 20, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

| source1_location = Minnesota

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| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

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The Pelican River is an {{convert|85.3|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed June 8, 2011 tributary of the Otter Tail River of Minnesota in the United States.

Pelican River is an English translation of the native Ojibwe language name.{{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/n416 397]}}

File:Pelican River, Becker County, Minnesota.jpg