Talk:Saint Anthony Falls

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I've lived in Minneapolis all of my life, and have never, in my entire lifetime, once heard anyone use the words 'Falls of Saint Anthony'. It's always been 'Saint Anthony Falls' to everyone I've talked to, and a lot of the tourism literature as well. Even if 'Falls of Saint Anthony' is the official name, I think that the common name is so overwhelmingly preferred probably trumps it. Google sez: Falls of Saint Anthony, 2,110 hits; Saint Anthony Falls, 10,900 hits; and St. Anthony Falls, 12,300 hits. If anyone objects to my moving the article to 'Saint Anthony Falls' from 'Falls of Saint Anthony', please respond with why so we can figure something out. --AsianAstronaut 04:51, 2004 Jul 11 (UTC)

[edit] Upstream dam?

Does anyone know what the next dam is upstream from St. Anthony Falls? The St. Cloud Dam is the first one I know of, but I have no idea if there are any dams in between.--Daveswagon 18:04, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

There is a lowhead dam across the river at Dunn Island near Coon Rapids, MN. This dam does not appear to have a lock or set of locks with it, so it would also impede river traffic. I would suspect this was initially created to supply power for a lumber mil, though flower is also possible. (discovered through following the river up from St. Anthony Falls via Google Earth.) --Rusty 12:05, 16 September 2006 (UTC)