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Traverse Gap looking south from ice-covered Lake Traverse (bottom of frame) to Big Stone Lake (top). Interbasin flooding is shown: The Little Minnesota River in the Mississippi watershed is entering from the west (meanders at center right margin) and is flooding the Traverse Gap (gray water, surrounding the town of Browns Valley in the center).
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 lower 125 mi (201 km) of the river form the border between Wisconsin and Minnesota. The river is a National Scenic Riverway under the protection of the National Park Service. A hydroelectric plant at the Saint Croix Falls Dam supplies power to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area.
Minnesota (/ ˌ m ɪ n ə ˈ s oʊ t ə / ⓘ MIN-ə-SOH-tə) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and North Dakota and South Dakota to the west.
This is a list of dams and reservoirs in the U.S. state of Minnesota and pertinent data in a sortable table. There are more than 1,250 dams in the state. There are more than 1,250 dams in the state. Over 800 are public facilities and of these 430 are owned by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources .
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.
The BWCAW within the Superior National Forest. The BWCAW extends along 150 miles (240 km) of the Canadian border in the Arrowhead Region of Minnesota. The combined region of the BWCAW, Superior National Forest, Voyageurs National Park, and Ontario's Quetico and La Verendrye provincial parks make up a large area of contiguous wilderness lakes and forests called the "Quetico-Superior country ...