Little Cannon River (Cannon River tributary)

Little Cannon River
Little Cannon River near Sogn, Minnesota
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Native name	Canot (French)
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Counties	Goodhue County, Rice County
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Nerstrand, Minnesota
• coordinates	44.3177425°N 93.0785435°W / 44.3177425; -93.0785435[1]
Mouth	Cannon River
• location	Cannon Falls, Minnesota
• coordinates	44.5121892°N 92.9054840°W / 44.5121892; -92.9054840[1]
• elevation	781 ft (238 m)
Length	30.6-mile-long (49.2 km)
Basin size	85 square miles[2]
Basin features
River system	Cannon River
Waterfalls	Cannon River Dam

The Little Cannon River is a 30.6-mile-long (49.2 km)[3] river of Minnesota in the United States. It flows into the Cannon River at the city of Cannon Falls. A section of the Little Cannon River south of Sogn, Minnesota is a designated trout stream by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.[4][5]

Description

Bridge over the Little Cannon River near Nerstrand, Minnesota

The Cannon River and Little Cannon River names came from a mispronunciation of the original French explorers name for the river, "Canot".[6]

There was a dam on the Little Cannon River in Goodhue County (44.5083003°N 92.9068730°W / 44.5083003; -92.9068730).[7] The ruins of the Archibald Mill dam are located on the Little Cannon River.[8] The dam was removed in 2001.[9]

There is a cemetery called the Little Cannon Cemetery north of Kenyon, Minnesota (44.3269941°N 92.9813490°W / 44.3269941; -92.9813490).[10]

The Little Cannon River is a state designated canoe stream.[6]

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources stocks the Little Cannon River with brown and rainbow trout.[11]

See also

• List of rivers of Minnesota
• List of longest streams of Minnesota

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Cannon River
2. "Little Cannon River basin". USGS. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
3. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 4, 2012
4. "Trout Angling, Opportunities in Southern and Central Minnesota" (PDF). Minnesota DNR. 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
5. Bjorhus, Jennifer Bjorhus (April 16, 2021). "Conservationists mend fragmented habitat in Cannon River area of Minnesota". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
6. Allers, Kathy (1987). Resources of the Little Cannon River. University of Minnesota. hdl:11299/208247.
7. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Cannon River Dam
8. "Ruins of the Archibald Mill Dam". Minnesota Digital Library. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
9. "Signs of Progress, the state of the Cannon and Straight Rivers". Cannon River Watershed Partnership, Rice County.
10. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Cannon Cemetery
11. "Goodhue County trout stocking". MN DNR. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2021.

• "A STATE WATER TRAIL GUIDE TO THE CANNON AND STRAIGHT RIVERS" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved March 27, 2021.

External links

• Minnesota Watersheds
• Little Cannon River