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Otter Tail River, Phelps Mill Public Water Access Site

Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · on Otter Tail River · near Phelps · Minnesota

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
Ramp lanes
1
Ramp surface
Natural
Car parking
50 spaces
Restrooms
Yes
Managed by
Otter Tail County
Coordinates
46.38217, -95.82102

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On Otter Tail River

The Otter Tail River is a 192-mile river in west-central Minnesota that flows through Becker, Otter Tail and Wilkin counties. The Minnesota DNR places its start at Elbow Lake in Becker County. From there it passes through a series of lakes and towns, including Many Point Lake, Frazee, Rush Lake, Otter Tail Lake, Fergus Falls and Orwell Lake. At Breckenridge it joins the Bois de Sioux River to form the Red River of the North, which drains north to Hudson Bay. Its watershed covers about 1,952 square miles, and it is the second-largest Minnesota tributary of the Red River. Between 1909 and 1925 Otter Tail Power Company built five dams on the river: Dayton Hollow, Hoot Lake, Pisgah, Central (Wright) and Taplin Gorge. The company still runs a hydroelectric plant at each of them. More about Otter Tail River.

Boating rules on Otter Tail River

  • Minnesota law: drain plugs must be removed and water drained from boats, bilges and livewells before leaving an access; plugs must stay out during transport source
  • Minnesota law: no launching a watercraft with prohibited invasive species attached and no transporting aquatic plants or zebra mussels on roads source
  • Catch-and-release-only regulation for smallmouth bass (stretch not specified in source) source

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Why it is listed as public: listed by Minnesota DNR Public Water Access Sites. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Corrections help everyone; a reporting form is coming soon.