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St. Louis: This is Minnesota's oldest, deepest, and richest iron mine, and now hosts the Soudan Underground Laboratory. In the late 19th century, prospectors searching for gold in northern Minnesota discovered extremely rich veins of hematite at this site, often containing more than 65% iron. An open pit mine began operation in 1882, and moved ...
In 1961 local advocates arranged a visit by state park officials, who agreed that Wildwood Park could be expanded into a state park. The land was transferred to the state of Minnesota and in 1963 Lake Louise State Park was created by an act of the Minnesota Legislature. At that time it contained only the lake and 636 acres (2.6 km 2). The ...
Lake: federal (Superior National Forest) A large tract of undisturbed mixed pine and black spruce forest. Lac la Croix Research Natural Area: 1980: St. Louis: federal (Superior National Forest) Old-growth virgin pine forests. Lake Agassiz Peatlands Natural Area: 1965
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 Coteau des Prairies is seen near the upper center of the map, "High land covered with wood called mountain of the prairie." The Coteau des Prairies [ pronunciation? ] is a plateau approximately 200 miles in length and 100 miles in width (320 by 160 km), rising from the prairie flatlands in eastern South Dakota , southwestern Minnesota , and ...
May 30, 1974 (Des Moines: Polk: Training site for black officers in World War I. 8: George M. Verity: George M. Verity (towboat): December 20, 1989 (Keokuk: Lee: One of three surviving steam-powered towboats in the United States, this ship pioneered on upper Mississippi in a certain way, leading to large private industry.
This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", Minnesota has 11,842 lakes of 10 acres (4.05 ha) or more. [1] The 1968 state survey found 15,291 lake basins, of which 3,257 were dry. [2] If all basins over 2.5 acres were counted, Minnesota would have 21,871 lakes. [3]
Location of Saint Louis County in Minnesota. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The locations of National Register ...