Deer River, MN

united states

Deer River is a small Minnesota town of 889 people in Itasca County's forested lake country. Highway 2 runs east-west through town, connecting to Grand Rapids 15 miles east and Bemidji to the west, while Highway 46 heads north-south. The town sits in Chippewa National Forest and hosts an annual Wild Rice Festival celebrating traditional manoomin harvests.