Embarrass River (Minnesota) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Embarrass River
Mouth of the Embarrass River
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	St. Louis County
Physical characteristics
Main source	Babbitt 47°41′46″N 91°59′50″W / 47.6960296°N 91.9971046°W / 47.6960296; -91.9971046
River mouth	Gilbert 47°23′32″N 92°24′52″W / 47.3921512°N 92.4143509°W / 47.3921512; -92.4143509
Length	50.5-mile-long (81.3 km)
Basin features
River system	Saint Louis River

The Embarrass River is a 50.5-mile-long (81.3 km) 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.

The river was so named on account of the many obstacles in the rivers to canoeists.