Projects & Studies
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Flood Risk Management Continuing Authority, Red River of the North: Wahpeton, N.D.
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Integrated Watershed Study: Minnesota River Basin in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Iowa
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Lower St. Anthony Falls Rapids Restoration, Mississippi River, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Mississippi Headwaters Reservoirs Project Sites
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Mississippi Place, Mississippi River, St. Paul, Minn.
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Mississippi River Recreation and Environmental Stewardship, Eau Galle Dam
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Reconnaissance Study: Minnesota River Basin in MN, SD, IA and ND
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Recreational Boating Study of the Mississippi River, Pools 4 to 9, Summer 2003
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River Resource Values and Expectation
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Western Flood Control Sites - Minnesota: Lake Traverse, Orwell Lake, Hwy 75 - Bigstone, Lac qui Parle
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Western Flood Control Sites – North Dakota: Lake Ashtabula, Homme Lake Souris River
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Cross Lake / Pine River Dam
*** Cross lake Recreation Area is offering full services. ***
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Overview
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The Ronald Louis Cloutier Recreation Area, better known as the Cross lake Recreation Area, is located at the Pine River Dam in Cross Lake, Minn. Cross Lake is situated about 22 miles north of Brainerd, Minn., on Crow Wing County Road 3. The Recreation Area offers camping, boating, swimming, picnicking, fishing and playground areas.
Located on the very popular Whitefish chain of lakes, the recreation area offers wooded camping setting with a variety of tree species being present and an abundance of water related recreational opportunities. These two features and many amenities located within walking distance make the Cross lake Recreation Area a major destination location.
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The 13,660-acre body of water of the Whitefish Chain of Lakes and its 119 miles of shoreline provides dozens of opportunities for boating and fishing. A beach is available for swimming. Waterskiing is available but not in the swimming area.
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Recreation Information
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Making Reservations
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Make a reservation with the National Recreation Reservation Service:
Detailed information on individual campsites, picnic shelters, availability, cost, etc.
Campground
Facility (Group Shelter)
You can reserve camp sites and day use facilities at many U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreation areas nation-wide, as well as many other agencies, online by visiting RECREATION.GOV. Reservations may also be made by calling RECREATION.GOV toll free at 1-877-444-6777.
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History
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Pine River was the fourth Headwaters' reservoir to be constructed. The original timber dam dates from 1884 and was put into operation in 1886. Corps' engineers reused machinery and supplies from the construction of the Winnibigoshish and Leech Lake dams at this site.
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There are no structures remaining from the 17-building complex constructed by the Corps of Engineers in 1884. Included were a dam tender's dwelling, laborers' quarters, engineers' quarters, a dining hall, an office building, an officers' house, a woodshed, a chicken coop, a barn, a warehouse, a sawmill, a carpenter and blacksmith shops. The Corps removed a number of these buildings immediately after the dam construction was finished. A new dam tender's dwelling built in 1911 was later destroyed by fire in 1959 and was not rebuilt.
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The dam was reconstructed to its present appearance between 1905 and 1907. The control structure is 233 feet in length and consists of reinforced concrete supported on timber piles. There are 13 sluiceways. A log sluice and fishway are no longer in use. A series of perimeter dikes built around the dam, between 1899 and 1914, allowed it to be filled to capacity.
In 1934, representatives of the Portland Cement Association reported that the Pine River Dam was the "finest concrete structure from the point of view of durability that they were aware of." The arched openings of the Pine River Dam give it a distinctive appearance.
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