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{{short description|Stream in Wilkin County, Minnesota, U.S.}}
'''Whisky Creek''' is a stream in [[Wilkin County, Minnesota|Wilkin County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Minnesota]].<ref>{{GNIS|654067}}</ref> It is a tributary of the [[Red River of the North]].
Whisky Creek was so named for the fact bootleg [[whisky]] was sold near this creek.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n597 580]}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of rivers of Minnesota]]
==References==
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[[Category:Rivers of Wilkin County, Minnesota]]
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