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Lake Superior Agate - Duluth, Minnesota. The Lake Superior agate is a type of agate stained by iron and found on the shores of Lake Superior.Its wide distribution and iron-rich bands of color reflect the gemstone's geologic history in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Michigan.
Isle Royale is the least-visited national park in the contiguous United States, [36] due to the winter closing and the distance across Lake Superior to reach the park. The average annual visitation was about 19,000 in the period from 2009 to 2018, with 25,798 visiting in 2018. [ 2 ]
Tettegouche State Park (/ ˈ t ɛ t ə ɡ uː tʃ / TET-ə-gooch) is a Minnesota state park on the north shore of Lake Superior 58 miles (93 km) northeast of Duluth in Lake County on scenic Minnesota Highway 61. The park's name stems from the Tettegouche Club, an association of local businessmen which purchased the park in 1910 from the Alger ...
The Minnesota state gem, the Lake Superior agate, can be found on the shores of Lake Superior, in the streams that run into it, and in gravel pits and road cuts. Duluth's Park Point is an excellent area for hunting, as shorelines and beaches are replenished each year because winter ice and storms push new material up on the shores.
Gooseberry Falls State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, on the North Shore of Lake Superior.The park is located in Silver Creek Township, about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Two Harbors, Minnesota in Lake County on scenic Minnesota Highway 61.
Agate Beach is located in Stanton Township, Michigan near Toivola and is named after the agate rocks that are found on the shore. [1] [2] References
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Negwegon State Park is an undeveloped public recreation area on Lake Huron lying five miles (8.0 km) southeast of the unincorporated community of Ossineke in Alpena County and Alcona County, Michigan. The state park's 4,118 acres (1,666 ha) occupy the southern tip of Thunder Bay, fourteen miles (23 km) across the water from the city of Alpena.