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Minnesota Point, also known as the Park Point
Due to the short and easy portage across Minnesota Point, the
City of Duluth websiteCity map of neighborhoods
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History of the Minnesota Point Lighthouse
{{Authority control Duluth–Superior metropolitan area Neighborhoods in Duluth, Minnesota Peninsulas of Minnesota Geography of Duluth, Minnesota Spits of the United States Minnesota populated places on Lake Superior Duluth, Minnesota
Minnesota Point, also known as the Park Point neighborhood
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...
of Duluth, Minnesota, United States; is a long, narrow sand spit that extends out from the Canal Park tourist recreation-oriented district of the city of Duluth. The Point separates Lake Superior from Superior Bay
Superior Bay is a narrow inlet of Lake Superior along the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It is long and wide. A small strait connects it to the Saint Louis Bay to the west, into which the Saint Louis River empties. Superior Bay is located be ...
and the Duluth Harbor Basin.
Lake Avenue South / Minnesota Avenue serves as a main route in the community.
Near the end of Minnesota Point is a small airport, Sky Harbor Airport. Beyond the airport, approximately 3/4 mile, is an old growth red and white pine forest. Within the forest is a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources designated area, the ''Minnesota Point Pine Forest Scientific and Natural Area'', which encompasses 18 acres.
Minnesota Point is approximately 7 miles in length, and when included with adjacent Wisconsin Point
Wisconsin Point is a peninsula off the shore of Superior in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. in length, it is in the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve. The point is the world's largest freshwater bay mouth sand bar. The ...
, which extends 3 miles out from the city of Superior
Superior may refer to:
*Superior (hierarchy), something which is higher in a hierarchical structure of any kind
Places
*Superior (proposed U.S. state), an unsuccessful proposal for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to form a separate state
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, Wisconsin, totals 10 miles.
History
Due to the short and easy portage across Minnesota Point, the Ojibwa
The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains.
According to the U.S. census, in the United States Ojibwe people are one of ...
name for the city of Duluth is ''Onigamiinsing'' ("at the little portage").
In the 1850s, the Saint Louis River was established as the border between neighboring states Minnesota and Wisconsin and the two ports Duluth (Minnesota) and Superior (Wisconsin) became fierce economic competitors for shipping traffic off of Lake Superior. As commercial traffic on Lake Superior increased with the completion of the Sault Ste Marie canal connecting Lake Superior to Lake Michigan, Congress appropriated the funds to build a lighthouse on the narrow opening in Minnesota Point, known as Superior Entry. The Minnesota Point Light
The Minnesota Point Light was a historic lighthouse on Minnesota Point in Duluth, Minnesota, United States, on the shores of Lake Superior. Built in 1858, it was the first lighthouse in the state, but is now a truncated ruined tower. The ruin w ...
, built between 1855 and 1858, was the first to use RH Barret's Fifth Order Fresnel lamp and Barret became the station's first lighthouse keeper, succeeded in 1861 by Samuel Stewart Palmer. This lighthouse was affectionately known by the name "The Old Standby." It is now an abandoned ruin listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Since the digging of the Duluth Ship Canal in 1870–1871, Minnesota Point is technically an island, connected to the rest of the city of Duluth since 1905 by the Aerial Lift Bridge.
Adjacent neighborhoods
* Canal Park and Downtown Duluth – to the immediate northSee also
*Minnesota Point Light
The Minnesota Point Light was a historic lighthouse on Minnesota Point in Duluth, Minnesota, United States, on the shores of Lake Superior. Built in 1858, it was the first lighthouse in the state, but is now a truncated ruined tower. The ruin w ...
* Wisconsin Point Light
The Wisconsin Point Light is a lighthouse located in Superior, on Wisconsin Point, in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.
The light and attached fog horn building sits within a long sand bar – stretching between the ports of Duluth a ...
* Wisconsin Point
Wisconsin Point is a peninsula off the shore of Superior in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. in length, it is in the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve. The point is the world's largest freshwater bay mouth sand bar. The ...
Notes
External links
City of Duluth website
(PDF)
History of the Minnesota Point Lighthouse
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