What is Bois de Sioux River?
{{Infobox river | name = Bois de Sioux River | image = Bois de Sioux.jpg | image_caption = The Bois de Sioux River below the dam of [[Lake Traverse]]. Roberts County, South Dakota is at left, and Traverse County, Minnesota is at right. | map = Boisdesiouxrivermap.png | map_caption = Red River drainage basin, with Bois de Sioux River highlighted | source1_location = Dam at the foot of Lake Traverse, South Dakota | source1_coordinates= {{coord|45.8616667|-96.5730556|region:US-MN|format=dms|name=Bois de Sioux River origin}} | mouth_location = [[Confluence]] with the Otter Tail River to form the Red River | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|46.2644444|-96.5986111|region:US-MN|format=dms|name=Bois de Sioux River mouth|display=inline,title}} | progression = Bois de Sioux River → Red River → Lake Winnipeg → Nelson River → Hudson Bay → Atlantic Ocean | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = {{convert|951|ft|m|abbr=on}} | length = {{convert|41|mi|km|abbr=on}} | custom_label = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] ID | custom_data = {{GNIS 4|640348}} }} The '''Bois de Sioux River''' drains [[Lake Traverse]], the southernmost [[body of water]] in the [[Hudson Bay drainage basin|Hudson Bay watershed]] of [[North America]]. It is a [[tributary]] of the [[Red River of the North]]. It makes up part of the western [[border]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Minnesota]], and the eastern borders of [[North Dakota]] and [[South Dakota]]. It is about 41 miles (66&nbsp;km) in length.<ref>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/|date=29 March 2012}}, accessed 8 June 2011</ref> The Dakota name for this River is Caninkpa Wakpa ( can = wood; inkpa = point; wakpa = river) named because it is the point or beginning of the woods all the way to Hudson Bay.[2] Where t