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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, Minnesota.
Area code. 218. FIPS code. 27-65065 [1] GNIS feature ID. 0665794 [2] Tofte Township is one of the three townships of Cook County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 269 at the 2020 census. [3] The unincorporated community of Tofte is located within the township.
The Boundary Waters, also called the Quetico-Superior Country, is a region of wilderness straddling the Canada–United States border between Ontario and Minnesota, in the area just west of Lake Superior. While "Boundary Waters" is a common name for this region, the two nations also share extensive boundary waters along their border, beyond ...
Website. commercialfishingmuseum .org. The North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum is a museum in Tofte, Minnesota, dedicated to the history of the Scandinavian immigrants and communities of the North Shore region of Lake Superior, and especially their importance to the national commercial fishing industry of the 1880s to 1940s.
Basin countries. United States. Surface area. 774 acres (3 km 2) Max. depth. 28 ft (9 m) Surface elevation. 1,791 ft (546 m) [1] Crescent Lake is a lake located in Tofte Township and Lutsen Township, [2] Cook County, Minnesota .
A wildfire flared Wednesday afternoon outside a prescribed burn area in the Superior National Forest about 25 to 30 miles west of Tofte, Minn. Forest Service managers said the fire was spotted ...
The Temperance River is a 39.2-mile-long (63.1 km) [1] river in northern Minnesota. It drains into Lake Superior along its north shore just south of Tofte. It flows out of Brule Lake in Cook County generally south towards its mouth within Temperance River State Park. Its name is supposedly a pun on its lack of a sand bar.
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 Carlton Peak near Tofte on the ...