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Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, ... Little Canada, Minnesota, United States, since 1977; Duluth, Minnesota, United States, ...
Plans to move the crossing from Outlaw Bridge to a more direct route between Duluth and Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay) began as early as 1935 but efforts of the Minnesota government to acquire the necessary land for the roadway from the US government, which held it on behalf of the Chippewa tribe, proved challenging and ended up at the US Supreme Court in 1939.
An "outlaw" bridge across the river was built by residents of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and opened on August 18, 1917, to permit access to Minnesota. The Canadian road leading to the customs and immigration facilities at the bridge was initially known as the "Scott Highway" after lumberman William Scott, and was designated as King's Highway 61 in 1937.
Minnesota State Highway 61 (MN 61) is a 150.321-mile-long (241.918 km) highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from a junction with Interstate 35 (I-35) in Duluth at 26th Avenue East, and continues northeast to its northern terminus at the Canadian border near Grand Portage, connecting to Ontario Highway 61 at the Pigeon River Bridge.
The Warroad–Sprague Border Crossing connects the city of Warroad, Minnesota and community of Sprague, Manitoba on the Canada–United States border. Minnesota State Highway 313 on the American side joins Manitoba Highway 12 on the Canadian side. The crossing is: on MOM's Way between Thunder Bay, Ontario and Ste. Anne, Manitoba.
The name "MOM" is an acronym for Manitoba, Ontario, and Minnesota, the two provinces and one state traversed by this multi-highway route. MOM's Way provides a secondary route between the cities of Winnipeg, Manitoba and Thunder Bay, Ontario . [ 2 ]
Beginning at the stockade on Grand Portage Bay of Lake ... Thunder Bay Ontario, Canada, 2004. ... Minnesota, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1993 ...
Amethyst formed in some of the cavities created by the Midcontinent Rift, and there are several amethyst mines in the Thunder Bay area. [38] Basaltic columns along Lake Superior. Lava erupted from the rift and formed the black basalt rock of Michipicoten Island, Black Bay Peninsula, and St. Ignace Island. [citation needed]