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Grand Forks

North Dakota, United States
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Grand Forks, city, seat (1875) of Grand Forks county, eastern North Dakota, U.S. It lies at the confluence of the Red River of the North and the Red Lake River, opposite East Grand Forks, Minnesota, about 80 miles (130 km) south of the Canadian border and 75 miles (120 km) north of Fargo. In the late 18th century French fur traders camped at the site, which they named Les Grandes Fourches (“The Grand Forks”). Permanent...

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