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GNIS feature ID. 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]
History: harbor and light construction Map of Grand Marais Harbor. In the 1870s, shipping traffic through Lake Superior increased tremendously. Realizing the lack of a safe harbor between Whitefish Bay and Grand Island, the Army Corps of Engineers began upgrading the harbor at Grand Marais in 1881. Over the next ten years, the Corps dredged the ...
Grand Marais ( / ɡrændˈməˈreɪ / grand mə-RAY) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [3] It is located within Burt Township on the shores of Lake Superior, and the community is the eastern gateway to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore via H-58 .
1922 [1] Focal height. 48 feet (15 m) [1] Lens. Fifth Order Fresnel [1] Characteristic. Fl W 2.5s. Grand Marais Light is located on the outer end of a breakwater on the shore of Lake Superior in the city of Grand Marais in Cook County, Minnesota, United States. [2] It is located in USCG District 9.
86002904 [1] Designated. October 23, 1986. The Jim Scott Fishhouse is a historic building in Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States, built in 1907 by a family-owned commercial fishing outfit. During the fishing season it served as a place to dress and pack fish, while over the winter it was used for the storage and repair of fishing gear.
In 1869 Duluth grew from 14 families in January to a population of 3,500 in July. Construction on the Duluth Harbor was begun to allow steamboat shipping between Duluth, Buffalo, Detroit, and Chicago. The town of Beaver Bay was founded in 1869 as a fishing community, and Grand Marais was founded by Henry Mayhew and Sam Howenstine in 1871 ...
January 27, 1960. Grand Portage National Monument is a United States National Monument located on the north shore of Lake Superior in northeastern Minnesota that preserves a vital center of fur trade activity and Anishinaabeg Ojibwe heritage. The area became one of the British Empire 's four main fur trading centers in North America, along with ...
26-11960 [1] GNIS feature ID. 1626008 [2] Website. Official website. Burt Township is a civil township of Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, its population was 411. [3] The township contains the community of Grand Marais, which contains numerous historic structures, including the Pickle Barrel House and the Grand ...