Talk:Minnehaha Park (Minneapolis)

Needs a map
A map or graphic showing the 22 mile route of this creek would be a good addition to this article. T-bonham (talk) 19:53, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, please. I would like a map of the entire creek. June 2011 (JAK)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.48.120.108 (talk) 14:56, 2 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Google [minnehaha creek], go to maps, zoom-in, and follow it, from Grays Bay on Lake Minnetonka to where it spills over the ledge and then runs to the Mississippi. Then you could decide if a map is really necessary. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:09, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Statue?
I grew up in Minneapolis, and I remember seeing a statue of Ole Bull in Minnehaha Park. Is it gone? Sca (talk) 15:28, 22 July 2009 (UTC

Coordinates
The coordinates listed are for the confluence of the creek and the Mississippi River. The correct coordinates for the falls are approximately N 44 55 31, W 93 12 36 (my nearest guess looking at Google Earth). Since the article is about the falls, the coordinates listed should be the falls - if not for the falls, I doubt the creek would merit an entry in Wikipedia. I can't figure out how to make the change - if someone else knows how, please change it. CruiserBob (talk) 17:26, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I put them in there.--Dudemanfellabra (talk) 23:28, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
 * And now that I've seen how you fixed it, I'm going to fix the spot where I made the typo in them - I'm not sure how I wound up with 44 55 31, when I actually intended it to be 44 54 54.CruiserBob (talk) 03:51, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Brown's Falls
There is nothing on the 1823 map to indicate which "Brown" the falls were named in honor of. That it was Jacob Brown is an assumption of modern historians. The other candidate, Joseph Renshaw Brown, is ruled out simply because they think it "unlikely" to have been named after a teenager. I think it far more likely that they would have named the creek in honor of the kid who made the expedition that filled in that part of the map. http://www.slphistory.org/history/minnehahacreek.asp jdege (talk) 00:31, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Park geology
I am in the process of adding a geology section to the article. I no longer live in MN and am doing this from memory of numerous hours at the park with the help of a really great book, Minnesota's Geology. That was almost 15 years ago. As I write this up for Wikipedia I am having questions regarding my earlier investigations of the geology as one walks down the trail. I would so appreciate it if a geology lover would take the walk and try to interpret what they see. Here is the problem: Walking down the trail, at about the level of the foot bridge one can clearly see a grey-green level in the eroded exposed gully that the creek has made. Walking up to it and looking at it, it is loaded with fossils. I am calling it the Glenwood formation, however the Glenwood formation is not supposed to have very many fossils. On the other hand, the Decorah Shale formation, which is above the Platteville Formation, is known to be loaded with fossils. If you live in the area and take the walk, you will see this for yourself. If you live in the Twin Cities area, I'd sure appreciate any feedback! Gandydancer (talk) 00:50, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Kayaking over the Minnehaha Falls
Professional kayaker Hunt Jennings (backed by his professional safety team) took on the teeming waters of Minnehaha Falls Thursday evening (Jun 19, 2014), the same day Minnehaha Creek's water level reached an all-time record high, rising more than a foot and a half. 

wikidata
I have disconnected this article from wikidata item Q1401902 (Minnehaha Falls) and am attempting to connect it to the redirect Minnehaha Falls. If there is a wikidata item for Minnehaha Park, please insert it, or else I will re-add the article into the wikidata item Q1401902 until a new wikidata item for Minnehaha Park can be created. Epic Genius (talk) 21:01, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Steamboat confusion
There is apparently a steamboat in Minnehaha Park, according to this article. There is also a steamboat named "Minnehaha" on Lake George in New York. Wikimedia Commons has several images of the steamboat in New York. Please be careful not to add photos of the New York steamboat to this article. Read the image captions carefully. - Kzirkel (talk) 18:09, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

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