Brainerd Dam is a dam across the Mississippi River in the city of Brainerd, Minnesota, United States. It forms the back-waters known as Rice Lake.

In June 2014, the city of Brainerd purchased the dam formerly operated by Wausau Paper.Jessie Perrine, "Hydro dam purchase by city now official", Brainerd Dispatch, 24 June 2014

Location: River Mile 1003.7 County: Crow Wing Structure type: Concrete structure Structure width: 451 feet (estimated) River elevation (pool): 1,174 feet River elevation (outflow): 1,152 feet Water fall: 22 feet Date built: 1888

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