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Caribou River
Superior Hiking Trail Caribou river.jpg
Looking upstream from the Superior Hiking Trail
Caribou River (Minnesota) is located in Minnesota
Caribou River (Minnesota)
Mouth of the Caribou River
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Lake County, Minnesota
Physical characteristics
Main source Cramer
47°35′18″N 91°01′28″W / 47.5882362°N 91.0243162°W / 47.5882362; -91.0243162
River mouth Lake Superior
47°27′43″N 91°01′44″W / 47.461852°N 91.0287701°W / 47.461852; -91.0287701
Length 15.0-mile-long (24.1 km)
Basin features
River system Lake Superior Drainage Basin
Waterfalls Caribou Falls

The Caribou River is a 15.0-mile-long (24.1 km) river in northern Minnesota, the United States. It rises in a swamp about .6 miles (1 km) south of Morris Lake and two miles (3.2 km) east of Echo Lake, near the Lake/Cook County line, at an altitude about 1620 feet (494 m) above sea level. It descends some 1,020 (311 m.) feet in elevation as it flows south to its mouth at Lake Superior, also near the eastern border of Lake County.

Habitat

The Caribou River is a designated trout stream with populations of brook and rainbow trout.

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