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Two Harbors is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Minnesota, United States, [5] along the shore of Lake Superior. The population was 3,633 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] Minnesota State Highway 61 serves as a main route in Two Harbors.
The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1858 [1] and the last in 1922 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest active light is the Two Harbors Light. [ 2 ]
Split Rock Lighthouse State Park encompasses about four miles (6.4 km) of rocky shoreline on Lake Superior with several prominent headlands. Named features of the shore, from southwest to northeast, are the mouth of the Split Rock River, Split Rock Point, Crazy Bay, Corundum Point, the mouth of Split Rock Creek, Day Hill, Little Two Harbors, Stony Point (site of the lighthouse), and Gold Rock ...
The Two Harbors Lighthouse was built on Agate Bay in 1892. Ten years later, five Two Harbors businessmen signed the articles of incorporation for a new mining company named 3M. Today, 3M Corporation has over 70,000 employees worldwide and produces more than 50,000 adhesive household products, now has its headquarters in Saint Paul.
Two Harbors station is a historic train station located on Sixth Street in Two Harbors, Minnesota. The station was built in 1907. The large two-story depot was the third depot on the site. The Minnesota Iron Company developed the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad in 1883, laid out the town of Two Harbors in 1885, and built depots to conducts its ...
Two Harbors: Large 1907 train station, symbolizing the key role of the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad in establishing Two Harbors as a link between northern Minnesota's iron and lumber fields and Lake Superior. [7] Now a museum. [8] 4: John Dwan Office Building: John Dwan Office Building: June 11, 1992 : 201 Waterfront Dr.
Until the expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors was constructed inland in the 1960s, County Road 61 (then U.S. 61) had served as the principal route between Duluth and Two Harbors. Formerly known as U.S. 61, the state turned over management of the road to Saint Louis and Lake counties in the 1960s and the two counties then designated the ...
Illgen City is an unincorporated community in Beaver Bay Township, Lake County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located northeast of the city of Silver Bay at the junction of Minnesota Highway 61 and Minnesota Highway 1, on the North Shore of Lake Superior. Illgen City is also located 33 miles northeast of the city of Two Harbors.