Exhibit 21.1

ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.  Subsidiaries of the Registrant

|Company Name                                   |  | State of Incorporation/
Formation/Organization
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|Dufour Petroleum, L.P.                         |  | Delaware                                      
|Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership           |  | Delaware                                      
|Enbridge Gathering (North Texas) L.P.          |  | Delaware                                      
|Enbridge Gathering (Texarkana) L.L.C.          |  | Delaware                                      
|Enbridge Holdings (Texas Systems) L.L.C.       |  | Delaware                                      
|Enbridge Marketing (East Texas) L.P.           |  | Delaware                                      
|Enbridge Marketing (North Texas) L.P.          |  | Delaware                                      
|Enbridge Marketing (U.S.) L.L.C.               |  | Delaware                                      
|Enbridge Marketing (U.S.) L.P.                 |  | Texas                                         
|Enbridge Midcoast Energy, L.P.                 |  | Texas                                         
|Enbridge Midcoast Holdings, L.L.C.             |  | Delaware                                      
|Enbridge Midcoast Limited Holdings, L.L.C.     |  | Delaware                                      
|Enbridge Offshore Pipelines (Seacrest) L.P.    |  | Texas                                         
|Enbridge Offshore Pipelines (UTOS) LLC         |  | Delaware                                      
|Enbridge Pipelines (Alabama Gathering) L.L.C.  |  | Alabama                                       
|Enbridge Pipelines (Alabama Intrastate) L.L.C. |  | Alabama                                       
|Enbridge Pipelines (AlaTenn) L.L.C.            |  | Alabama                                       
|Enbridge Pipelines (Bamagas Intrastate) L.L.C. |  | Delaware                                      
|Enbridge Pipelines (East Texas) L.P.           |  | Delaware                                      
|Enbridge Pipelines (KPC)                       |  | Kansas                                        
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|Enbridge Pipelines (Lakehead) L.L.C.             |  | Delaware 
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|Enbridge Pipelines (Louisiana Intrastate) L.L.C. |  | Delaware 
|Enbridge Pipelines (Louisiana Liquids) L.L.C.    |  | Delaware 
|Enbridge Pipelines (Midla) L.L.C.                |  | Delaware 
|Enbridge Pipelines (NE Texas) L.P.               |  | Delaware 
|Enbridge Pipelines (NE Texas Liquids) L.L.C.     |  | Delaware 
|Enbridge Pipelines (North Dakota) LLC            |  | Delaware 
|Enbridge Pipelines (North Texas) L.P.            |  | Delaware 
|Enbridge Pipelines (SIGCO Intrastate) L.L.C.     |  | Delaware 
|Enbridge Pipelines (Tennessee River) L.L.C.      |  | Alabama  
|Enbridge Pipelines (Texas Gathering) L.P.        |  | Delaware 
|Enbridge Pipelines (Texas Intrastate) L.P.       |  | Texas    
|Enbridge Processing (East Texas) L.P.            |  | Delaware 
|Enbridge Processing (Mississippi) L.L.C.         |  | Delaware 
|H&W Pipeline, L.L.C.                             |  | Alabama  
|Mid Louisiana Gas Transmission, L.L.C.           |  | Delaware 
|Midcoast Holdings No. One, L.L.C.                |  | Delaware 
|Midcoast Kansas General Partner, L.L.C.          |  | Delaware 
|Midcoast Kansas Pipeline, L.L.C.                 |  | Delaware 
|Nugget Drilling Corporation                      |  | Minnesota
|Texana Pipeline Company                          |  | Texas    

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