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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]
In 2003 the Grand Marais Historical Society acquired the property. They undertook the project of restoring the structure to its original condition. [ 4 ] On July 3, 2005, after much work and with a budget of $125,000 (equivalent to $187,000 in 2023 [ 9 ] ) in expenses the renovated Pickle Barrel House was opened to the public.
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 ...
1888. Closed. 1893. The Paulson Mine is a former iron ore mine located in Cook County, Minnesota, United States, 53 kilometres north-west of Grand Marais, Minnesota near the end of the historic Gunflint Trail. The Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway was built to the mine in 1892 to access the ore, but both the mine and railway failed.
86001548 [1] Designated. October 13, 1986. The Bally Blacksmith Shop is a historic building in Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States, built in 1911 and used for nearly a century by three generations of the Bally family blacksmiths. The shop was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [2] [3] [4] It was nominated for being ...
Cook County Courthouse (Minnesota) / 47.752417°N 90.339306°W / 47.752417; -90.339306. Cook County Courthouse in Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States, was built in 1911 and designed by architects Anton Werner Lignell and Clyde Wetmore Kelly. [2] [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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.
First sign for the Gunflint Trail in Grand Marais. County State-Aid Highway 12 (CSAH 12), also known as the Gunflint Trail, or County Road 12 (CR 12), is a 57-mile (92 km) paved roadway and National Scenic Byway in Cook County, Minnesota, that begins in Grand Marais and ends at Saganaga Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), near the U.S. border with Ontario.