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Red Lake Falls, Minnesota



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Red Lake Falls

Current Conditions
Fair
Temperature: -0.5 °F

Humidity: 93 %
Wind Speed: 5 mph ENE
Pressure: 29.94 "

Dew Point: -2 °F
Gusts: 11 mph ENE
Rain Today: 0.00 "





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  • City Description

    Red Lake Falls is a city in Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,590 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Red Lake County. The city lies in the middle of Red Lake Falls Township from which it was separated when incorporated as a village in 1881. Its status was raised to that of a city in 1898. Red Lake Falls is located on a tributary of the Red River of the North, the Red Lake River, at its confluence with the Clearwater River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.5 km²), all of it land. Minnesota Highway 32 serves as a main route in the city. Minnesota Highway 92 is nearby. Red Lake Falls was the site of a North West Company fur post as early as 1796 or 1797, making it one of the oldest sites of European occupation in the State of Minnesota. A French Canadian fur trader, Jean Baptiste Cadotte, the son of the noted British-Canadian fur trader, Alexander Henry, established the post as part of a strategy to ward off Hudson's Bay Company intrusion into the Red River Valley. The famous Canadian explorer, David Thompson, took shelter from a storm in Cadotte's cabin here in March 1798. The post

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    City Contained By:

    • Red Lake County
    • Minnesota

    Timezones:

    • Central Time zone

    Size:

    • 5.43897503171 km squared

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