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The Duluth Ship Canal is an artificial canal cut through Minnesota Point, providing direct access to Duluth harbor from Lake Superior.Begun privately in 1871, it was put under federal supervision and maintenance several years later.
Marine on St. Croix or Marine on Saint Croix [2] (/ m ə ˈ r iː n ɒ n ˈ s eɪ n t ˈ k r ɔɪ / mə-REEN on SAYNT KROY) [4] is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 689 at the 2010 census. [5] It was founded in 1839 as Marine Mills. The city was the site of the first commercial sawmill on the St. Croix ...
The shipping channels pass on opposite sides of Neebish Island in the St Marys River. The waterway allows passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the inland port of Duluth on Lake Superior, a distance of 2,340 miles (3,770 km) and to Chicago, on Lake Michigan, at 2,250 miles (3,620 km). [3]
HAER No. MN-24, "Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 7, Dresbach, Winona County, MN", 76 photos, 9 data pages, 5 photo caption pages HAER No. MN-62, " Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 1, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN ", 30 photos, 47 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
Lake Itasca (/ aɪ ˈ t æ s k ə / eye-TASS-kə) [1] is a small glacial lake, approximately 1.8 square miles (470 hectares; 1,200 acres) in area.It is located in Itasca State Park, in south-eastern Clearwater County, in the Headwaters area of north-central Minnesota, and is notable for being the headwater of the Mississippi River.
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Franquelin's 1688 map recorded a "Fort St. Croix" on the upper reaches of the river. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The name "Rivière de Sainte-Croix" was applied to the river sometime in 1688 or 1689, [ 12 ] : 28 and this more auspicious name supplanted Father Hennepin's earlier designation.
The museum and grounds are all property of the U.S. federal government. All visitors are welcome to visit this museum without paying. Donations are accepted by the Lake Superior Marine Museum Association, and support general maintenance and upkeep of the building, new exhibit development and acquisition, and staffing.
Minnesota State Highway 97 (MN 97) is a 13.173-mile-long (21.200 km) highway in Minnesota, which runs from its junction with Interstate 35 and Anoka County Road 23 in Columbus, near Forest Lake, and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 95 in Scandia, near Marine on St. Croix.