[Mark17]

I grew up in Bemidji,

I grew up in Grand Forks. Most people don't realize the Mississippi River runs right through and out of Lake Bemidji.

[norwaypinesavage]

"the Mississippi River runs right through and out of Lake Bemidji."

'Bemidji' is the Ojibwa word for "the river runs through the lake". I'm one of the 'elite frozen few' in the US who grew up neither east nor west of the Mississippi, but rather NORTH of it.