The Pembina River can be seen flowing into the Red at the bottom. Geography Red River in Winnipeg, Manitoba The Red River in Greater Grand Forks, as viewed from the Grand Forks side of the river The Red River near Pembina, North Dakota, about 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of the Canada–U.S. They contributed to further development of the region on both sides of the international border. What became known as the Red River Trails, nineteenth-century oxcart trails developed originally by the Métis, supported the fur trade and these settlements. Settlers of the Red River Colony established farming along the river, and their primary settlement developed as Winnipeg, Manitoba. Following that, they took over French possessions in Canada. The river was long used by fur traders, including the French and the Métis people, who established a community in this area some time before the British defeated France in the Seven Years' War. The Red was a key trade route for the company, and contributed to the settlement of British North America. The watershed of the Red River was part of Rupert's Land, the concession established by the British Hudson's Bay Company in north central North America. In the United States, the Red River is sometimes called the Red River of the North to distinguish it from the so-called Red River of the South, a tributary of the Atchafalaya River that forms part of the border between Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Long an important highway for trade, the Red River has been designated a Canadian Heritage River. Several urban areas have developed on both sides of the river, including the city of Winnipeg in Canada, as well as the Fargo-Moorhead and Grand Forks–East Grand Forks metropolitan areas, both of which straddle the North Dakota–Minnesota border.

The river falls 70 metres (230 ft) on its trip to Lake Winnipeg, where it spreads into the vast deltaic wetland known as Netley Marsh. The Red River is about 885 kilometres (550 mi) long, of which about 635 kilometres (395 mi) are in the United States and about 255 kilometres (158 mi) are in Canada. It empties into Lake Winnipeg, whose waters join the Nelson River and ultimately flow into Hudson Bay. states of Minnesota and North Dakota, it flows northward through the Red River Valley, forming most of the border of Minnesota and North Dakota and continuing into Manitoba. Originating at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers between the U.S. The Red River ( French: rivière Rouge or rivière Rouge du Nord) is a river in the north-central United States and central Canada.

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