Origin/ Area Covered:
The river origins from Wells County , North Dakota which lies about 16 km in the north west of Fessenden. After a brief flow in the eastern direction of New Rockford it meanders in the south-south eastern portion of the North Dakota passing by the town of James. It is here that the James river faces the Jamestown Dam and then joins the Pipestem River. Thereby the James River enters into the Brown County which confronts two dams in the north east of Aberdeen. After coming very near to Columbia the James River is joined by the Elm River . There after the river passes through the areas of Huron and Mitchell and finally joining a small river named as Firesteel.
Special Feature:
Initially termed as the "unnavigable river" by the primitive tribes of Dakota, the river had another name in the past namely, Rivière aux Jacques. This name was given by the French explorers. The river infact acquired the name of “Dakota River” sometime in the later part of the 19 th Century. But this name did not stay on and probably got changed to what it is known today.
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