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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.
It is along Lake Superior, which contributes the two natural harbors for which Two Harbors is named, Burlington Bay and Agate Bay. The warmest month in the year is July, the coldest January. The record high temperature was 99 °F (37 °C) in 1948, the record low −36 °F (−38 °C) in 1996.
Overlooking Lake Superior's Agate Bay, the lighthouse is located in Two Harbors, Minnesota. The construction of the lighthouse began in 1891 and was completed the following year, with the light being lit for the first time on April 14, 1892.
Montana Agate (1969) Nebraska [45] Prairie agate (1967) Blue chalcedony (1967) Nevada [46] [47] Metal: Silver (1977); Nevada's nickname is the Silver State: Sandstone (1987) Precious Gemstone: Virgin Valley black fire opal (1987) Semiprecious Gemstone: Nevada turquoise (1987) New Hampshire [48] Beryl (1985) Granite (1985); New Hampshire's ...
With the exception of the year of 2008, the Agate Beach Acoustic Jamboree has been held by a couple of the local musicians since 1994. Admission to the event is free of charge. [3] [20] [21] An artesian well with cold, fresh water can be found in Toivola, running from a pipe nearby the old Misery Bay School on Misery Bay Road. It may be sampled ...
This trail in Queen Creek Canyon reveals mining and ranching history, plus an old tunnel blasted from solid rock. The geology is impressive, too. Hike into Superior history on an old stretch of U ...
Grand Marais (pop. 1,351) The area was a bustling fur trading station since the 1700s, and the French voyageurs called the settled village Grand Marais ("Great Marsh"), referring to a marsh that in early fur-trading times was 20 acres (8.1 ha) or less in area, nearly at the level of Lake Superior, and situated at the head of the little bay and ...
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.