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Jay Cooke State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, protecting the lower reaches of the Saint Louis River. The park is located about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Duluth and is one of the ten most visited state parks in Minnesota. The western half of the park contains part of a rocky, 13-mile (21 km) gorge.
A series of gate houses, a canal, forebay, and underground penstocks supply a hydropower plant located 3 miles away in Jay Cooke State Park. With an installed capacity of 72 MW and an annual generation of approximately 280 GWh, the Thomson project is the largest hydroelectric facility in the state. [7]
Jay Cooke State Park is located near the mouth of the river and is the site of a canoe portage used by Native Americans, European explorers, fur traders, Voyageurs, coureurs des bois, and missionaries of the 18th and 19th centuries.
May 27—Why Are The Rocks Tilted?: 1-1:30 p.m. May 29, Jay Cooke State Park, Carlton. Take a quarter-mile geology walk near the river to discover what powerful forces from the past shaped these ...
There have been five versions of the heavily tramped Swinging Bridge at Jay Cooke State Park in Carlton, but there is one number that's relevant this summer: 100. ... St. Louis River and its gorge ...
The scenic roadway offers views of Banning State Park, the Saint Louis River valley, and nearby Jay Cooke State Park. The 2005 Minnesota Legislature officially designated the MN 23 Bridge over the Saint Louis River at Duluth (Fond du Lac neighborhood) as the Biauswah Bridge. [2]
Jay Cooke State Park is on the Saint Louis River, which enters into Lake Superior through the Duluth harbor several miles away. Gooseberry Falls State Park has campgrounds fairly close to Lake Superior, but its main attractions are the five falls on the Gooseberry River and the Gitchi Gummi Trail, which overlooks the north face of the river gorge.
This is a list of crossings of the Saint Louis River, in the U.S. states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Minnesota ... Jay Cooke State Park Swinging Bridge #5