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0656425 [5] Website. ci.grand-marais.mn.us. Grand Marais (/ məˈreɪ / mə-RAY) [6] is a city and the county seat of Cook County, Minnesota, United States, of which it is the only municipality. It is on Lake Superior 's North Shore. Grand Marais had a population of 1,337 at the 2020 census. [2]
Designated. November 28, 1978. The Lightkeeper's House, also known as the Cook County History Museum, is a historic building in Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and was nominated for being "a significant survivor of the settlement along Minnesota's north shore during the ...
History. Tofte was founded in 1893 by Norwegian settlers (and twin brothers) Andrew and John Tofte, their sister Torget, and her husband Hans Engelsen. [4] Tofte takes its name from the Norwegian birthplace of its founders. They originally named the town "Carlton" for nearby Carlton Peak, but the name was already used by the town of Carlton ...
Website. www.co.cook.mn.us. Cook County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,600, [ 1 ] making it Minnesota's seventh-least populous county. Its county seat is Grand Marais. [ 2 ] The Grand Portage Indian Reservation is in the county.
Sawtooth Mountains (Minnesota) Coordinates: 47°40′N 90°42′W. The Sawtooth Mountains on the shore of Lake Superior, looking west by southwest from Grand Marais, Minnesota. The Sawtooth Mountains are a range of hills or small mountains on the North Shore of Lake Superior in the U.S. state of Minnesota, extending about 30 miles (48 km) from ...
Grand Portage, Minnesota. Coordinates: 47°57′50″N 89°41′05″W. Grand Portage is an unorganized territory in Cook County, Minnesota, United States, on Lake Superior, at the northeastern corner of the state near the border with northwestern Ontario. [1] The population was 616 at the 2020 census. [2]
Hovland is an unincorporated community in Cook County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located on Chicago Bay of the North Shore of Lake Superior. Hovland is located 18 miles northeast of the city of Grand Marais; and 16 miles southwest of Grand Portage. Minnesota Highway 61 and Cook County Road 16 (Arrowhead Trail) are two of the ...
June 27, 2007. Chik Wauk Lodge, now Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center, is a historic building near the northern terminus of the Gunflint Trail northwest of Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States. It overlooks Saganaga Lake . It was built in 1933. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, and was nominated for being ...