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The '''Snake River''' is a {{convert|104|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref>US Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed October 5, 2012</ref> [[tributary]] of the [[St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota)|St. Croix River]] in east-central [[Minnesota]] in the [[United States]]. It is one of three streams in Minnesota with this name.<ref>The other two Minnesota rivers are [[Snake River (Elk River)]], and [[Snake River (Red River of the North)]].</ref> Its name is a translation from the [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwa]] ''Ginebigo-ziibi'', after the [[Lakota people|Dakota]] peoples who made their homes along this river. [[Kanabec County, Minnesota|Kanabec County]]'s name is derived from the Ojibwe word for this river.<ref>{{GNIS|658321}}</ref>

==Course==
The Snake River with its tributaries drains a {{convert|1009|sqmi}} area of [[Aitkin County, Minnesota|Aitkin]], [[Kanabec County, Minnesota|Kanabec]], [[Mille Lacs County, Minnesota|Mille Lacs]] and [[Pine County, Minnesota|Pine]] counties. After initially flowing southward from its headwaters in southern [[Aitkin County, Minnesota|Aitkin County]], the Snake flows through [[Kanabec County, Minnesota|Kanabec County]], turning eastward near [[Mora, Minnesota]], following a minor fault line. It drains into the St. Croix River {{convert|13|mi}} east of [[Pine City, Minnesota]].
At Pine City, the river measures approximately 650 cubic feet per second.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://waterdata.usgs.gov/mn/nwis/annual/?format=sites_selection_links&search_site_no=05338500&agency_cd=USGS&referred_module=sw|title=Snake River|website=USGS}}</ref>

==Associated lakes and tributaries==
Two lakes are associated with the Snake River: Cross Lake and Pokegama Lake. Cross Lake is a translation from the [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwa]] ''bimijigamaa'', meaning "a lake that traverses (another body of water)", and is located {{convert|13|mi}} from the river's mouth. Pokegama Lake, located {{convert|17.5|mi}} from the river's mouth, gets its name from the Ojibwa ''bakegamaa'', meaning "a side-lake (of another body of water)". Major tributaries of the Snake River are the [[Knife River (Snake River)|Knife River]], [[Ann River]], [[Groundhouse River]], and [[Rice Creek (Snake River)|Rice Creek]].

==Culture==
The Snake and the [[Knife River (Snake River)|Knife]] rivers served as the main waterway to connect the St. Croix River with [[Mille Lacs Lake]]. As recorded by [[Henry Schoolcraft]], Chief Kappamappa made his home at [[Chengwatana, Minnesota|Chengwatana]] at the mouth of the Snake. A stream near the outlet of Pokegama Lake is called [[Mission Creek (Snake River)|Mission Creek]], for a [[Presbyterian]] mission which brought the first printing press to Minnesota, to print literature in the [[Ojibwe language]]. During the treaty-making periods, this river was inhabited by the ''Biitan-akiing-enabijig'' ("Border-sitters") who were both [[Ojibwa]] and [[Sioux|Dakota]]. The ''Biitan-akiing-enabijig'' had numerous internal skirmishes as they defined themselves as either Ojibwa or Dakota, giving a false perspective that the [[Mdewakanton]] [[Dakota Sioux]] and Ojibwa Nations were at constant war. Eventually, the ''Biitan-akiing-enabijig'' who defined themselves as Ojibwa became part of the [[St. Croix Chippewa Indians|St. Croix Band of Lake Superior Chippewa]], and the Snake River sub-band subsequently became part of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, one of the four constituent tribes of the [[Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe]].

The [[North West Company Post|North West Company]] [[fur trade]] post was established on the river in 1804, near present [[Pine City, Minnesota|Pine City]]. The post was used for several years, then abandoned and destroyed in a fire. The site was later rediscovered and excavated. The rowhouse and palisade fence were reconstructed and opened up as a [[living history]] museum in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/nwcfp/site.html|title=History of the North West Company Fur Post|publisher=[[Minnesota Historical Society]]|year=2000|accessdate=September 8, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629090530/http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/nwcfp/site.html|archivedate=June 29, 2008}}</ref>

Together with Cross Lake and the [[Knife River (Snake River)|Knife River]], the 1757 edition of the [[Mitchell Map]] identifies this river system as "Portage River" as it served as the waterway that connected the St. Croix River with [[Mille Lacs Lake]] and the upper [[Mississippi River]], via a short portage.

==See also==
* [[List of rivers of Minnesota]]
* [http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/canoeing/snakeriver/index.html Minnesota Department of Natural Resources]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Cordes, Jim (1989). ''Pine County ... and its memories''. North Branch: Jim Cordes.
* Waters, Thomas F. (1977). ''The Streams and Rivers of Minnesota''. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. {{ISBN|0-8166-0960-8}}.

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[[Category:Rivers of Minnesota]]
[[Category:Rivers of Aitkin County, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Rivers of Kanabec County, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Rivers of Mille Lacs County, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Rivers of Pine County, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota)]]
[[Category:Minnesota placenames of Native American origin]]

Snake River (St. Croix River tributary) - Revision history

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