What is it - Answers?

 
 
 Answers to some intriguing places within the Minnesota River Basin.
 

Triple Falls on the Blue Earth River



Triple Falls in a small valley off the Blue Earth River
Photos: Deb Holmstrom
 
Musrat house in the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge



Muskrat house in the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Photos: Scott Sharkey
 

Glacial erratic in the middle of the Blue Earth River


Glacial erratic (a rock transported by a glacier) in the middle of the Blue Earth River
Photos: Deb Holmstrom
  Minneopa Falls in Minneopa State Park



Frozen winter and green spring Minneopa Falls in Minneopa State Park
Photos: Kim Musser
  Boiling Springs on Eagle Creek
Boiling Springs on Eagle Creek near the City of Savage (Scott County). This artesian boiling spring has long been a sacred place for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota.
Photos: Scott Sharkey and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/rprp/eaglecreek/index.html
http://www.hort.agri.umn.edu/h5015/96papers/pphifer.htm
  Laura Ingalls Wilder Pagent in Walnut Grove


The annual Laura Ingalls Wilder Pagent in Walnut Grove and the sod house in Sanborn.
Photos: www.walnutgrove.org

http://www.walnutgrove.org
http://www.sodhouse.org
  Canada Geese at Lac qui Parle Lake





Massive flocks of Canada Geese at Lac qui Parle. Incredible sight in the fall with as many as 150,000 geese.
Photos: Western Minnesota Prairie Waters and C. Henderson
  Windmills on Buffalo Ridge Windmills on Buffalo Ridge in and near the basin. Many windmills are located on the western highlands within the basin - called the Coteau des Prairies
Photo: Sustainable Minnesota
  Blue Earth River Dam at Rapidan


Blue Earth River dam at Rapidan.
Photos: Kim Musser
 
 

 
 

This page was last updated 5/15/11