Mission Creek is a stream in Pine County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1] It is a tributary of the Snake River.

Mission Creek took its name from an Ojibwe Indian mission founded near the creek in 1836.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mission Creek (Snake River tributary)
  2. ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 412.

45°49′01″N 93°01′53″W / 45.81694°N 93.03139°W / 45.81694; -93.03139



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