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An ore dock is a large structure used for loading ore (typically from railway cars or ore jennies) onto ships, which then carry the ore to steelworks or to transshipment points. Most known ore docks were constructed near iron mines on the upper Great Lakes and served the lower Great Lakes. Ore docks still in existence are typically about 60 ...
Track gauge. 4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR) ( reporting mark DMIR ), informally known as the Missabe Road, [1] was a railroad operating in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin that used to haul iron ore and later taconite to the Great Lakes ports of Duluth and Two Harbors, Minnesota.
Mille Lacs Lake ( / məˈlæks / mə-LAX, also called Lake Mille Lacs or Mille Lacs) is a large but shallow lake in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is located in the counties of Mille Lacs, Aitkin, and Crow Wing, roughly 75 miles north of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Mille Lacs means "thousand lakes" in French.
Ramstad: As year ends, 3M’s resort is still for sale and many Minnesota employers still seek workers. The 3M sign came down in late summer at its Wonewok corporate getaway north of Park Rapids ...
The Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad (reporting mark ELS) is a Class III shortline railroad that operates 347 miles (558 km) of track in Northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Its main line runs 208 miles (335 km) from Rockland, Michigan , to Green Bay, Wisconsin , and it also owns various branch lines and out-of-service ...
Many properties boast private docks to launch boats, and residents enjoy secluded beaches, where sea turtles nest and manatees swim. Homes are either situated on the oceanfront, with access to the ...
Big Sandy Lake is a lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, approximately nine miles north of McGregor. The lake is considered fertile walleye ground with several habitat types, including the open main basin, the deep, cold eastern basin, and a shallow, more isolated south basin. Shallow bays containing dense beds of wild rice are found on south ...
Lake Pepin is a naturally occurring lake on the Mississippi River on the border between the U.S. states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It is located in a valley carved by the outflow of an enormous glacial lake at the end of the last Ice Age. The lake formed when the Mississippi, a successor to the glacial river, was partially dammed by a delta ...