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The mission of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society is to collect, preserve, study and interpret the material culture of the Great Lakes. Primary emphasis will be on maritime history as it relates to the U.S. Lifesaving Service, U.S. Ligh [...]
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Torrents of wild water plummet 120 feet over the High Falls down to the Pigeon River in this park on the U.S. - Canadian border. The falls, the highest in the state, presented a serious obstacle to river travel, so a "carrying place," or portage, wa [...]
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Adventure, Fun, Tours, Transportation SourceGrand Portage – Isle Royale Transportation Line, Inc.
View moreLooking for the perfect location for a beautiful wilderness vacation? Visit Isle Royale National Park on Lake Superior! Isle Royale has something to offer everyone. This island national park offers spectacular fishing, canoeing and kayaking, hiking, [...]
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Books have been written, stories told, and motion pictures made of the Historic Logging Camp days when rugged men and tough animals fought the bitter cold and heavy snow to harvest the mighty forests of Northern Minnesota. Today the camps and horses [...]
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Adventure, Cabins, Camping, Fly Fishing, Hiking, Historic Site, Lodging, MN State Park, Shoreline, WaterfallsTettegouche State Park
View moreCome to Tettegouche for a great sense of the North Shore: the spectacular overlooks at Shovel Point; rocky, steep cliffs and inland bluffs; the cascading 60 ft. High Falls of the Baptism River; and the historic Tettegouche Camp where visitors can st [...]
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Some miles southwest of Finland, and near where the North Alger Grade, now a snowmobile trail, runs, sits the remains of Beaver Crossing, also known as Old Illgen City. An old point of call on the Two Harbors-Beaver Bay sleigh road, which ran nea [...]
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In the 1890's, supposedly a silver mine operated on the Susie Island group, just off Hovland village, until the pumps broke and it was flood out. The site has not been located, but is supposedly hidden on this remote island. The Susie Islands (The [...]
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By Sharon Moen “We have running water,” jokes Michael Monroe of Hovland, MN. “I run and get it.” With Lake Superior and ten percent of the world’s fresh surface water just yards away, it seems farcical that Monroe and Deb Mueller fetc [...]
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Pukaskwa National Park's exceptional beauty is revealed in its vistas of Lake Superior and in the rugged, ancient landscape of the Canadian Shield and northern forest. The spirit of the wilderness envelopes those who explore this special place. The o [...]
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