Petrel (also spelled Petrell) is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Fairbanks Township,
Saint Louis County,
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
, United States; located within the
Superior National Forest
The Superior National Forest, part of the United States National Forest system, is located in the Arrowhead Region of the U.S. state, state of Minnesota between the Canada–United States border and the North Shore (Lake Superior), north shore o ...
.
The community is located east of
Fairbanks, and north of
Brimson, near the intersection of Saint Louis County Highway 44 and County Road 353, Little Creek Road. Nearby is the junction of County Highway 44 and
County Highway 16.
Petrel is located near the boundary line for
Saint Louis and
Lake
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...
counties.
References
Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in St. Louis County, Minnesota
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