Bois de Sioux River
The Bois de Sioux River drains Lake Traverse, the southernmost body of water in the Hudson Bay watershed of North America. It is a tributary of the Red River of the North and defines part of the western border of the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the eastern borders of North Dakota and South Dakota.Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Bois des Sioux River”, “Boise de Sioux River”, “Sioux River”, “Sioux Wood River”, “Sioux-Wood River”, “Siouxwood River”, “Swan River”, and “Wood River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chahinkapa Zoo and Breckenridge-Wahpeton Interstate Airport.
Chahinkapa Zoo
Zoo
Chahinkapa Zoo is an 29-acre zoo in Wahpeton, North Dakota. Opened in 1933 on land that had been purchased in 1903, it is the first zoo built in North Dakota.
Breckenridge-Wahpeton Interstate Airport
Aerodrome
Harry Stern Airport is a public use airport in Richland County, North Dakota, United States. It is located one nautical mile south of the central business district of Wahpeton, North Dakota and owned by the Wahpeton Airport Authority.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wahpeton and Breckenridge.
Wahpeton
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Wahpeton is a town in the Red River Valley of North Dakota. It has a population of about 8,000 people. It is the home of North Dakota State College of Science.
Breckenridge
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Breckenridge is a city of 3,708 in Northwestern Minnesota. Breckenridge and its sister city, Wahpeton, are situated at the confluence of the Bois De Sioux and Otter Tail Rivers. The metropolitan area is referred to as "Two States. Two Cities. One community."…
Bois de Sioux River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Wilkin, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Bois de Sioux River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Bois de Sioux”
- Catalan: “Bois de Sioux”
- Cebuano: “Bois de Sioux River”
- Chinese: “博伊兹德苏河”
- Dutch: “Bois de Sioux River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بويس د سيوكس”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Bosko de Siuo”
- French: “Bois de Sioux”
- French: “rivière Bois de Sioux”
- French: “Rivière Bois de Sioux”
- German: “Bois de Sioux River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Bois de Sioux”
- Japanese: “ボア・デ・スー川”
- Japanese: “ボス・デ・スー川”
- Lithuanian: “Bua de Sju”
- Polish: “Bois de Sioux River”
- Slovenian: “Bois de Sioux”
- Spanish: “Río Bois de Sioux”
- Venetian: “Bois de Sioux”
- Welsh: “Afon Bois de Sioux”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Elmore and Dwight.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Otter Tail River and Breckenridge Historical Marker.
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