Talk:Red River of the North

message: I grew up on the Red River of the North and I never read about, nor heard oral history from old-timers, of a flood (let alone a major flood) in 1826. No one was recording floods that early either. One of the early and major floods of record was 1897.  Others after that were 1948, 1950, 1966, 1969, 1979, and 1997.  There were other minor floods in other years.  I challenge the 1826 date... -- 6 October 2005 (UTC) Trish Lewis
:You can challenge it but every Canadian historian will tell you you've been hearing your oral history from Americans. --AlexWCovington (talk) 01:47, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Let's not forget that "a flood" by no means implies that the entire river flooded! To be specific, in Fargo the maximum flood level was in 1997 at 28,000 cfs, followed by 1969 (25,300) and 1897 (25,000). However, the top three in Grand Forks are 1997 at 136,900 cfs, then 1826 (135,000) and 1852 (95,000). For Winnipeg it's 1826 at 225,000 cfs, 1852 (165,000) and 1997 (162,000). As you can see, different years lead to different flows at different points. As you can also see, the flooding in Winnipeg is generally much worse, which should not be surprising given snowfall patterns and the fact that it's down-river. To answer the original question, here is the answer to your challenge  Maury (talk) 23:14, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flood of 1826 

message: The Metric distances need to have Imperial equivalents.  clariosophic (talk) 13:28, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: According to that site () the river's total length is 550 miles. And there are excellent maps of the US part there too, with river miles labeled. The source is marked as mile 550 and the US-Canada border as river mile 155. This would make the US portion 395 miles long and the Canada portion 155 miles long. River length measurements often differ from source to source, especially for meandering rivers like the Red, so it's not surprising to see one site say 545 miles and another 550. The Red River, The Columbia Gazetteer of North America] puts the length at only 533 miles. Since the MN DNR source seems particularly good (check out those maps), perhaps we can use it for total length and US-Canada lengths. If I get the chance I'll make the edits. Also for metric-imperial equivalents I'll use the convert template to keep things matched up nicely, time permitting.. Pfly (talk) 17:33, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

text: For length/distance, Imperial and U.S. Customary units are one and the same. An English mile is the same length an American mile. Firejuggler86 (talk) 21:45, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conversions to Imperial needed 

message: What's the correct name, just "Red River" or "Red River of the North"
63.26.74.103 (talk) 06:18, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The current lead has it correct, the name is just "Red River" (at least according to USGS), but "Red River of the North" is commonly used in the U.S. to distinguish it from the larger Red River in the southern U.S. Kmusser (talk) 16:23, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Proper Name

message: The map of the Red River is entirely inaccurate.  The Red River does NOT start in Fargo and flow north, it starts further south.  Someone needs to update this map  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.21.234.190 (talk) 14:03, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If you look closely at the map, you can see that the river starts south of Fargo, and the location where the shading begins is in fact the location of the confluence of its source streams. It is a little confusing given the scale, as the Wild Rice River (shown approaching the border from the west) does not join the Red at its source, but closely parallels it and joins further north. (You may be able to make that out if you look closely.) The Bois de Sioux (a source stream) comes from the south but is the border and therefore is obscured and overwritten by the black line representing the border.  The first river shown south of Fargo east of the border is the other source stream, the Otter Tail.  The shading identifying the Red starts where the Otter Tail meets the border, which is correct.  Kablammo (talk) 15:08, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
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