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  2. North Shore (Lake Superior) - Wikipedia

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    The North Shore of Lake Superior runs from Duluth, Minnesota, United States, at the western end of the lake, to Thunder Bay and Nipigon, Ontario, Canada, in the north, to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in the east. The shore is characterized by alternating rocky cliffs and cobblestone beaches, with forested hills and ridges through which scenic ...

  3. Sawtooth Mountains (Minnesota) - Wikipedia

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    The Sawtooth Mountains are part of the North Shore Highlands, an area of rugged topography along the North Shore of Lake Superior in central North America. The Sawtooths rise from the lake at angles between 8 and 20 degrees and drop off steeply on their north sides. [2] They received their name as a result of their relatively uniform size ...

  4. List of shipwrecks of western Lake Superior - Wikipedia

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    Since the 19th century, there have been several losses in both the Minnesota (north shore) and the Wisconsin (south shore) portion of western Lake Superior. Out of the known shipwrecks in the region, 25 of them are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1][2][3] This list includes both shipwrecks in Lake Superior and the Saint Louis River. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap

  5. Lake Superior - Wikipedia

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    Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by area and the third largest in volume, behind Lake Baikal in Siberia and Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. The Caspian Sea, while larger than Lake Superior in both surface area and volume, is brackish. Lake Superior deepest point [4] on the bathymetric map.

  6. North Shore Highlands - Wikipedia

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    Geography The North Shore Highlands are part of what once was called the Cabotian Mountains, a name applied to the highlands north of Lake Superior. [1] They are bounded on the south by the North Shore of Lake Superior, from which they rise in rock formations ranging from gentle slopes to sheer cliffs. They extend from the Dalles of the Saint Louis River in Jay Cooke State Park on the west ...

  7. Duluth Complex - Wikipedia

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    Near Lake Superior these intrusive formations intermingle in a complex mosaic with the rocks of the associated North Shore Volcanics, which also are relics of the Midcontinent rifting event. [6] The Duluth and Beaver Bay Complexes extend a short distance under Lake Superior south of the present lakeshore, but in most places along and near that shore their southern reaches are overlain by the ...

  8. SS Edmund Fitzgerald - Wikipedia

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    SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes and remains the largest to have sunk there. She was located in deep water on November 14, 1975, by a U.S. Navy aircraft detecting magnetic ...

  9. Palisade Head - Wikipedia

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    Palisade Head is a headland on the North Shore of Lake Superior in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is part of Tettegouche State Park but not contiguous with the rest of that park. [1] Palisade Head is located at milepost 57 on scenic Minnesota State Highway 61 in Lake County, approximately 54 miles (87 km) northeast of Duluth and 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Silver Bay.

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