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TRACY MCGREGOR
DULUTH • St. Louis County
• 4th Largest City In Minnesota
• Population 86,265
• Steep Hills
• Duluth's name in Ojibwa is Onigamiinsing at the little portage
LAKE SUPERIOR• largest freshwater lake in the
world
• made By Glacial
• rocks Form 4.5-billion and 540-million years ago
• rock: limestone, dolostone and shale
• 80 species of fish have been found
NORTH SHORE
• Runs Form Duluth to Ontario Canada
• rocky cliffs and cobblestone beaches, with rolling hills and ridges
• Spot Used For Early Fur Trade By Whites and Native Americans
SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE
• Located On North Shore
• designed engineer Ralph Russell Tinkham was finished in 1910
• built because Mataafa Storm of 1905, in which 29 ships were lost On Superior
• State Park: campground and trails for hiking and bicycling
http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/srl/index.htm
SLIT ROCK LIGHT HOUSE
SAINT LOUIS RIVER• 179 miles length and starts near
Hoyt Lakes
• 3634 square miles
• Flows Into Lake Superior
• Only river in the state with whitewater rafting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Louis_River
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/watertrails/stlouisriver/index.html
AERIAL LIFT BRIDGE• Built In 1905
• Architect: Thomas F. McGilvray
• Used when ever a boat needed to enter or exit the harbor
CLOQUET VALLEY STATE FOREST
• located in southern St. Louis
• camping at Indian Lake Campground
• 25 drive-in sites, one group camp and access to fishing, hunting, hiking, canoeing, boating, and snowmobiling
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_forests/sft00013/index.html
SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST
• Established in 1909
• 3,900,000 acres of woods and waters
445,000 acres of water 2000 lakes and rivers
• logging and recreational activities such as camping, boating, and fishing
• historic and important thoroughfare in the fur trading and exploring days of British North America
• Hiking, hunting, fishing, biking, Boating, fishing, swimming,Camping
http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gDfxMDT8MwRydLA1cj72BTn0AjAwjQL8h2VAQAlanblA!!/?ss=110909&navtype=BROWSEBYSUBJECT&cid=FSE_003741&navid=110000000000000&pnavid=null&position=BROWSEBYSUBJECT&ttype=recmain&pname=Superior National Forest- Recreation
SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS
• range of low, serrated ridges situated on the North Shore of Lake Superior
• 30 miles area
• rise from Lake Superior at angles between 8 and 20 degrees and
• Apline Climbing, Rock Climbing,
• Lutsen Mountains,Moose Mountain, Eagle Mountain
http://www.sawtoothguides.com/
SAWTOOTH MOUNTAIN
JAY COOKE STATE PARK
• Located In Thomas, Mn On the St. Louis River
• 2,350 acres
• Has a swinging bridge over the river
• bedrock is mostly composed of slate and greywacke
• several miles of hiking and biking trails also camping area to
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/jay_cooke/index.html
GREAT LAKES AQUARIUM• freshwater aquarium
• ecosystems from the Great Lakes in this hands-on center.
• Two Levels
• Otter Cove & Amazing Amazon
• Watch the aquarium’s divers feed fish
SPIRIT MOUNTAIN
• ski and snowboard recreation• 175 skiable acres on 22 runs• Has mini golf, apline coaster, zip lines winter tubing etc…
THIEF RIVER FALLS • County Pennington
• population was 8,573 County Pennington
• first developed as a lumber milling town
• became a center for shipping wheat
• Northland Community College
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thief_River_Falls,_Minnesota
SOO LINE RAILROAD
• January 1, 1961 became known as the Soo Line
• private company categorized under Railroads
• an annual revenue of $1 to 2.5 million and employs a staff of approximately 5 to 9.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis,_St._Paul_and_Sault_Ste._Marie_Railroad
THE GREAT NORTHERN
• December 1996 was created
• operates over 224 miles of track in northwestern Mn
• 11 people and handled approximately 11,000 carloads per year
• Primary things shipped: grain, seeds, sugar, coal, animal feeds and fertilizers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(U.S.)
THE GREAT NORTHERN
SEVEN CLANS CASINO• Red Lake operates three casinos
all under the Seven Clans Casinos brand
• located in Thief River Falls, Warroad, and Red Lake.
• Hotel and 40,000-square-foot indoor water
https://www.sevenclanscasino.com/page/rtf_amenities
ARCTIC CAT• Thief River Falls, Minnesota
• pioneer Edgar Hetten in 1961
• designs, engineers, manufactures and markets snowmobiles and atv and also related parts, garments and accessories
http://www.arcticcat.com/corporate/
THIEF RIVER
• 40.3-mile-long
• The river flows through the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
• tributary of the Red Lake River, Red River of the North, Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River
• watershed of Hudson Bay
• Name meaning in Ojibwe "Stolen-land river" or "Thieving Land river
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thief_River
AGASSIZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
• Middle River, MN
• originally named Mud Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, was established in 1937
• Packs of wolves, moose, waterfowl, and 294 species of birds make this refuge a wildlife wonderland
• composed of 37,400 acres of wetlands, 11,650 acres of shrublands, 9,900 acres of forestland, 1,710 acres of grassland, and 150 acres of cropland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agassiz_National_Wildlife_Refuge
LAKE AGASSIZ
• Glacial lake located
• its area was larger than all of the modern great lakes combined, and it held more water than contained by all lakes in the world today
• Drained in various lake like Lake Superior
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Agassiz
OLD MILL STATE PARK• 25 acres
• on the Middle River between Argyle and Newfolden
• History: owned by Larson Family in 1882. then came water and wind powered mills. Then upgrade to steam by 1958 was owned by the state.
• Also can see wildlife: Deer, moose Beaver, raccoon, white-tailed jackrabbits and snowshoe hare
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Mill_State_Park
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/old_mill/index.html
TWIN LAKES WMA
• County: KittsonNearest Town: KarlstadArea: 8,874 ac
• hiking, snow shoeing, cross-country skiing, canoeing, and wildlife viewing
• Hunting options include: deer, bear, small game, forest game birds, waterfowl, and doves.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/wmas/detail_report.html?map=COMPASS_MAPFILE&mode=itemquery&qlayer=bdry_adwma2py3_query&qitem=uniqueid&qstring=WMA0027600
NEW MAINE TOWNSHIP
• Located in Marshall County
• population was 194
• Area of 36.9 square miles
http://www.city-data.com/township/New-Maine-Marshall-MN.html
LAKE BRONSON STATE PARK
• Kittson County near Lake Bronskn
• 3,598 acres
• transition area between prairie and forest landscapes and supports a variety of wildlife
• Deer, black bear, The park has a sizeable bird, mammal, reptile and amphibian population
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Bronson_State_Park
• Olmsted County
• Population:106,769
• 120,000 square foot state-of-the-art convention center
• 5,500 hotel rooms
• elaborate skyway underground climate controlled walkway systems
• http://www.rochestercvb.org/event-planners/
MAYO CLINIC• Founded in 1889 by: William Worrall
Mayo and his two sons William &Charles Mayo
• Health System consists of more than 70 hospitals and clinics across Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
• known effective treatments for diseases that had gone undiagnosed or under-treated also being at the top of most accredited quality standard listings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayo_Clinic
DOUGLAS STATE TRAIL
• 12.5 mile
• Starts in Rochester goes through small town Douglas ends in Pine Island.
• Biking In-line skating Skiing Snowmobiling
• natural surface track for horseback riders and snowmobilers.
MYSTERY CAVE STATE PARK
• 12 miles of subterranean corridors• Has Many Karst • During dry years South Branch Root
River sinks into the cave through gravel filled crevices in the river bottom.
• biomes: the tallgrass prairie to the west, and the eastern deciduous forest
• Three spring-fed streams
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/forestville_mystery_cave/narrative.html
http://www.exploreminnesota.com/memberimage.ashx?id=3374&width=289&height=217&mar=1
RICHARD J. DORER MEMORIAL HARDWOOD STATE FOREST
• In several different Counties: Dakota, Goodhue, Wabasha, Winona, Olmsted, Houston, and Fillmore
• Cover over 1,016,204 Acres
• bird watching, motorized trail riding, horseback riding, and mountain biking.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_forests/sft00033/index.html
LAKE LOUISE STATE PARK
• Le Roy city located in Mower County
• Site of Minnesota's oldest, continuous recreation area.
• It has a 25 acre man-made lake and 1,168 acres of mixed prairie and deciduous forest
• horseback riding, picnics, camping, hiking ad swimming
• The fourteen mile Shooting Star Trail goes through the park
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/lake_louise/index.html
ROOT RIVER• 80 miles through the Drift less Area of
southeastern
• 42 mile long Root River Trail Good For Hiking Biking
• Goes through rural communities of Fountain, Lanesboro, Whalan, Peterson, Rushford and Houston
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_trails/blufflands/root_river.html
Root River Trail
NIAGARA CAVE
• Harmony Mn
• Niagara Cave is one of the largest caves in the Midwest
• Cave is a constant 48 degrees Year round
• On the Tour : waterfall nearly 60 feet high, stalactites both delicate and massive, calcite flowstone, fossils that over 400 million years old, and a wedding chapel
• After the tour you can Mining for some Gemstone
WEDDING CHAPEL
400 weddings have been performed, plus much more.
STREAM BY WISHING WELL
http://www.niagaracave.com/tour.asp
WHITE WATER STATE PARK
• Winona County in the southeastern blufflands area
• 2,700 acres
• Dakota Indians named the river Whitewater because it turned milky white in the spring
• Landscape: Paleozoic sedimentary rocks, limestone and dolomite and some area of karst
• Fish: brown, brook, and rainbow trout
ALEXANDRA • Douglas County
• First settled in 1858, it was named after Alexander and William Kinkead
• Area - Total 23.0 sq mi
Land 1.2 sq mi
Water 0.5 sq mi
• Known as tourism center due to its many lakes and resorts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria,_Minnesota
BIG OLE
• Symbol of Minnesota Viking pride
• Big Ole was built in early 1965
• 28 feet tall he towered over most of the buildings in town.
• 1967 the town dressed him for the holidays
RUNESTONE MUSEUM
• downtown Alexandria
• several authentic log buildings, an 1880 country school house, and view the forty-foot viking ship
• See the Kensington Runestone
https://www.runestonemuseum.org/runestone/
MINNESOTA LAKES MARITIME MUSEUM
• lake traditions and legacies, and is committed to their preservation for future generation
• Learn about classic boats, the grand hotel and resort history
• Top Exihibit: Rare Duck Boat, History Of Chris-Craft, History Larson Boat Works and gar Wood
http://mnlakesmaritime.org/museum.cfm
CENTRAL LAKES TRAIL
• 23rd State Trail is built on an abandoned Burlington Northern Railroad in 1992.
• took 12 years to complete and involved many partners including: The National Rails to Trails Conservancy The Bikes Belong
• 55 miles from Osakis west to Fergus Falls http://centrallakestrail.com/history.html
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_trails/central_lakes/index.html
GLACIAL LAKE STATE PARK
• 2,423 acres
• open prairie which once dominated Minnesota. Wildflowers and prairie grasses blanket the landscape.
• established as a state park in 1963 to preserve the rolling prairies of the area
• geological area commonly known as the Leaf Hills
• has many glacial landforms created by the Wisconsionian glaciation
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/glacial_lakes/narrative.html
ANDES TOWER HILLS
• Located in Kensington, MN
• 1980 the Anderson Brothers envisioned
• Twenty - eight ski seasons later over a million skiers have visited
• Andes Tower Hills Ski Area-one of the finest ski areas for miles around.
• U can sownboard, ski, tubing
http://www.andestowerhills.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97&Itemid=164
MAP OF ANDES TOWER HILL
LAKE CARLOS STATE PARK
• established in 1937 to provide a public recreational facility
• 1,231 acres
• Lake Carlos is 150 feet deep in I some places
• Traverse des Sioux treaty in 1851 This treaty opened much of central Minnesota to white settlement
• contains a tamarack bog, marshes, woodland ponds, and lakes.
• swimming, fishing, boating, camping, hiking and horseback riding. In the winter, ski from the tamarack bog to a maple-basswood forest
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/lake_carlos/index.html
STEVENS COUNTY• Population of 10,053.
• established on February 20, 1862
• Its county seat is Morris and the Largest City in The County
• Named After Isaac Stevens he was civil war general
• Major Highways: U.S highway 59, Mn state highway 9, 28,329
• University Of Minnesota Morrishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevens_County,_Minnesota
http://www.co.stevens.mn.us/
CHIPPEWA RIVER • a tributary of the Minnesota River joins the river in
Montevideo
• 120 miles long
• Chippewa River issues from Chippewa Lake in Douglas County, through several lakes in its upper course
• Chippewa River Watershed drains a 2,080 square mile (1.3 million acre) basin
• The Chippewa River Basin is divided into 127 minor watersheds
• Major lakes of the watershed are Minnewaska, Emily, Norway, Florida, Games, Andrew, Chippewa and Reno
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippewa_River_(Minnesota)
LAKE RENO RESORT• uninhabited land, lake quiet and peaceful
• sandy shoreline makes swimming
• The view of the western skies over the lake makes for a beautiful sunset and the beginning to a great evening at the campfire
• housekeeping cabins which range in size from one to three bedrooms and can accommodate
• All cabins has: ac, television, microwave a deck, picnic table and gas grill
• volleyball, basketball, and playground, paddle boats, kayaks, a swim raft and a water slide in our swimming area
http://lakerenoresort.net/
GLENWOOD
• Pope County since 1866
• population: 2,566
• total area of 5.6 square miles
• rolling hills on the eastern shore of Lake Minnewaska
• Lake Minnewaks: 13 miles long and nearly 8,000 acres
• boating, waterskiing, wakeboarding, windsurfing, kayaking, or jet skiing
http://glenwoodlakesarea.org/index.cfm?pageid=18
SEDAN WMA
• Pope County
• Nearest Town Sedan
• nonnative grass, emergent wetlands, and lowland brush.
• Hunting:deer, small game, forest game birds, pheasant, and waterfowl.
• Wildlife:wetland wildlife, and forest wildlife.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/wmas/detail_report.html?map=COMPASS_MAPFILE&mode=itemquery&qlayer=bdry_adwma2py3_query&qitem=uniqueid&qstring=WMA0029300