Grand Forks en · PROPN
Etymology
The area of the city in North Dakota was known as "Les Grandes Fourches" (The Grand Forks) by French fur traders, referring to the confluence of the Red River of the North and Red Lake River.
Meanings
- A place in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Grand Forks County, North Dakota.
- A place in the United States: ▸ A former town in Shoshone County, Idaho, destroyed by fire in 1910.
- A place in the United States: ▸ A township in Polk County, Minnesota.
- A city in Boundary Country district, West Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Granby and Kettle Rivers.
- A ghost town in Yukon, Canada.
Deriveds
Grand Forks County · East Grand Forks
wikipedia: Red River of the North · wikipedia: Red Lake River