Little Cannon River (Cannon River tributary)
# Little Cannon River (Cannon River tributary)

The Little Cannon River is a 30.6-mile-long (49.2 km) river of Minnesota in the United States. It flows into the Cannon River at the city of Cannon Falls. A section of the Little Cannon River south of Sogn, Minnesota is a designated trout stream by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

## Description

The Cannon River and Little Cannon River names came from a mispronunciation of the original French explorers name for the river, "Canot".

There was a dam on the Little Cannon River in Goodhue County (44°30′30″N 92°54′25″W﻿ / ﻿44.5083003°N 92.9068730°W﻿ / 44.5083003; -92.9068730). The ruins of the Archibald Mill dam are located on the Little Cannon River. The dam was removed in 2001.

There is a cemetery in called the Little Cannon Cemetery north of Kenyon, Minnesota (44°19′37″N 92°58′53″W﻿ / ﻿44.3269941°N 92.9813490°W﻿ / 44.3269941; -92.9813490).

The Little Cannon River is a state designated canoe stream.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources stocks the Little Cannon River with brown and rainbow trout.

