Warroad has a humid continental climate, moderately moist, in central North America but drier than those found in New England or Ontario Eastern ( Dfb in the Koppen classification). The Warroad River flows through town.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 2.90 square miles (7.51 km 2), of which 2.79 square miles (7.23 km 2) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km 2) is water. Warroad is along the southwest shore of Lake of the Woods at Muskeg Bay, east of Roseau and west of Baudette. Another important piece of Warroad hockey history is the Warroad Lakers amateur team, which existed from 1947 to 1997. Hockey Olympic men's team has won a gold medal without a player from Warroad. The Warroad High School program has earned four men's state championship titles (1994, 1996, 2003, 2005) and four women's (2010, 2011, 2022, 2023) over 20 years, and has produced NHL and Olympic players. Warroad is also called 'Hockeytown USA' for its strong hockey tradition. For many years, commercial boats provided regular service to the islands and to Kenora, Ontario, at the north end of Lake of the Woods. In the 20th century, Warroad had a strong commercial fishing industry, which gradually turned to sport fishing and tourism. This was the old 'war road' from which the river and village derive their name. Occupying the prairies of the Red River Valley, the Sioux often invaded the territory by way of the Red and Roseau Rivers, a route that ended at the mouth of the Warroad River. The Ojibwe fought a long war against the Sioux for the lake's rice fields. Warroad was once one of the largest Ojibwe villages on Lake of the Woods. Minnesota State Highways 11 and 313 are two of the city's main routes. Warroad had its own newspaper before it was incorporated in 1901.

The population was 1,781 at the 2010 census.

Warroad is a city in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States, at the southwest corner of Lake of the Woods, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) south of Canada.

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