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By: Mitch Kisch

Part 1Northeast region of Minnesota-Page 47 of the DeLORME Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer

Reason for picking page…

• The main reason I picked this page was because the city of Duluth is located on it

• Lake superior• There are a few different well recognized forests

located within the area• I visit up in the area fairly often but don’t know

nearly enough about the area around Duluth

Duluth

Activities to do in Duluth• Great lakes Aquarium• North Shore Drive• Glensheen Mansion • Hawk Ridge Nature

preserve• Canal Park• Fishing• Tweed museum of art

Canal Park• One of the main places to

visit while in Duluth• Lift bridge- There is a lift

bridge that allows ships into the harbors

• Many hotels and restaurants down at Canal Park, Grandmas restaurant being the most well known.

• Light house

Cloquet Valley State Forest• Established in 1933• Located about 20 miles

north of Duluth• Camping, Fishing, Hunting,

Canoe/kayak, picnic• Cloquet river state water

trial runs 33 miles through it• Covers 327,098 acres total

Superior National Forest• Established in 1909• Known for its Boreal forest

ecosystem, clean lakes, and colorful culture

• Boundary water canoe area lies within the forest but not on page 47

• Activities: fishing, hunting, camping, canoeing, swimming, hiking, snowmobiling, and skiing

Wild life Management Areas

Canosia WMA• Near four corners• 2,489 acres• Deciduous and coniferous

forest combined with wetlands/bogs

• Some animals hunted in the area are deer, beer, small game, and waterfowl

• Has extensive trial system

Anchor lake WMA

• Near Eveleth• 174 acres• Mixed northern forest with a waterfowl lake• Grouse hunting trials

Lake Superior- largest of the great lakes

Island lake• Over 3000 acres big• Water clarity- 10.5 feet• Some fish include: black

crappie, blue gill, brown bullhead, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, small mouth bass, walleye, white sucker, yellow perch

• Walleye and northern are the primary species of the lake

North Shore drive

• On this page you can go from west Duluth all the way up the north shore towards two harbors

• Lake Superior is in plan site for much of the trip

• Also called the scenic 61 drive

White Face reservoir• 4,567 acres• Near Markham• Water clarity- 5 feet• Sand bottom• Established in 1923 for

hydropower water storage• Has maximum depth of 35

feet

Colleges

St. Scholastica• Located in Duluth• Private school• Added a football team in

2008• Educates more than 3,300

per year• Established in 1912• The saints

U of M Duluth• Located in Duluth • Public School• Won the national

championship this past year in D1 hockey and D2 football

• The bulldogs

Part 2Northwest region of Minnesota- Page 31 of the DeLORME Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer

Reason for picking page…

• When I think of northern Minnesota I think of lakes and woods, more importantly I think of fishing! I decided to chose page 31 of the atlas to further look into because I wanted to get to know the Bemidji area, and explore lower red lake a little bit as well.

Bemidji (aerial)

Bemidji info• The first city on the Mississippi river• About 13,500 people in 2010• Houses many native American’s• Bemidji state university and northwestern technical college is

in it• Name comes from the ojibwe and means “lake that traverses

another body of water”• Total area of 12.9 miles

Bemidji is well known for this site!

My one experience in Bemidji included…

• Fishing• Golfing• Seeing a bear for the

first time• Camping • One fun time!!

Buena Vista State Forest• 21 miles of marked

snowmobile trials• 122,333 Acres• Lakes within it include:

Beltrami, Big Bass, Gull, Sandy, and Three islands

Chippewa national Forest• Covers 1.6 million acres

( Way bigger than just what is seen on page 31)

• 666,542 of those acres are forested

• Established in 1902• About 75% of land is within

the leech lake Indian reservation

Lower red lake

• THE BIGGEST lake the is completely in Minnesota

Lower red continued..

• It is a located within an Indian Reservation• 257 square miles• On the reservation in 2000 there were 5000 people

living there• It is an unorganized territory • You can not fish it because it is owed by the Indians• If you get caught they can take all belongings you had

with you

Red lake state forest

• 84,105 acres• Established in 1963• Located between Pine

Island State forest and the southeast side of upper red lake

Mississippi headwaters state forest

• 45,290 acres• Established in 1935• Created through glacial action• Hills that meet flat outwash plains• Mississippi river flows through it• 95 lakes and ponds within boundaries

Little Rock

• About 1,200 for a population

• Located just south of lower red lake

• 13.7 square miles• 98.8% of population is

Native American

Long Lake WMA• 159.9 acres• Open to public hunting• No use of atv’s or

snowmobiles• Bird watching• Hiking• Hunting• Wildlife viewing

Some other cities on page 31• Pinewood• Wilton• Tenstrike• Turtle river• Solway• Pupsky• Debs• Quiring• Saum• Ponemah• Redby

Page 31 in a sum up

• Many many lakes including the biggest in the state• The city of Bemidji with Paul Bunyan and Babe the

blue ox.• Numerous recognizable forests and parks• A good area for a cabin• The upper half of the page is primarily Indian

Reservation

Part 3Southeast region of Minnesota-Page 86 of the DeLORME Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer

Reason for choosing page…

• This page showed much interest to me because of the town of Rochester

• I have been down there several times and love the area

Rochester

• Population: 107,000 about in 2010

• Largest city outside of the metro

• Known mostly for it Mayo clinic

The mayo clinic• Opened in 1885 with 12

beds• Today it covers several city

blocks and has 50,000 staff members

• More than 2 million patients pass through doors each year

• Arguably most famous Hospital in U.S.

Clinics whole campus

Richard Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest

• 1,016,204 acres• Covers seven different counties• Established in 1961• Memorial to the state’s pioneers and veterans• Driftless area

Lake Louse State Park• 1,168 acres• Between 38 and 39

thousand annual visits• Site of oldest, continuous

rec area• Over 141 species of birds • Limestone bedrock close

to surface• Thin layer of glacial soil

covers bedrock

Border• The border of Minnesota

and Iowa runs across this page

• Going through Beaver, York, Bristol, Harmony and Canton townships

• Granger is the closest town to the border on this page in MN

• This map was from 1873 of the border

Karst topography• Limestone area• Farms, rolling hills, hollows• Slowly dissolved by

rainwater• Drained landscape • Fountain Township has

great examples

How Karst topography in this area comes about

White Water• A state park located near Kingsley corner• 2,700 acres• Nearly 50 kinds of mammals• Erosion carving through the bedrock created the original

valleys of the river• Bluff lands landscape region• Contains oak savanna (very rare in MN)• Streams with brook trout

Trout Farms

• I go down near Rochester about once every year and visit a family friends trout stream

• I enjoy catching and releasing the fish and feeding them

• Peaceful feeling

Niagara Cave• Located in Harmony, MN• Waterfall in cave nearly 60

feet high• 48 degrees year round• Fossils over 400 million

years old

Forestville Mystery Cave (state park)

• Also located on this page 86 and is a state park as well.

• In Forestville• Karst region• At the edge of the tall grass

prairie and the eastern deciduous forest

• The cave is a maze of linear corridors

• Over 12 miles of passage

Sum up of page 86

• Caves• Mayo clinic• Karst topography• Blufflands• My new favorite page in the atlas• Rochester

Part 4Southwest region of Minnesota-Page 81 of the DeLORME Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer

Reason for choosing page….

- The southwestern corner of the page is the only corner I have not been to

- I'm curious to look learn a little more about what goes on in the smaller towns

Tall grass prairie Biome

• This page is located withing the tall grass prairie biome

• Lots of farming takes place here

• Also located in the corn belt

Worthington• Population about 13,000• Interstate 90 runs

through it• Lake Okaben is in it• 2 golf courses for

recreation• German, Irish and

Scandinavian immigrants settled there back in the day

End-O-Line railroad park

• Located in Currie on the North part of the page

• Offers train history and local history

• Guided tours• Founded in 1872

Heron Lake (city)

• Founded in 1871• In 1882 a town mill was

established (pic)• Two bad fires in the

history of the town• Lake got name from

nesting black crown night herons

Oxbow WMA

• 236 acres• Hunting: deer small

game, pheasant and waterfowl

• Wetland and prairie wildlife

Des Moines River near Dundee, MN

Slayton

• 2,153 people in 2010• 1.8 square miles• 99 percent white population• Known as “the hub” city• Originated from the sale of railroad property• Platted in 1881 and named after Charles

Slayton

Talcot Lake WMA

• 5,131 acres• Campground on south

side of lake• Nearest town is Dundee• Along west branch of

des Moines river• Controlled hunt zones• Doves are one of the

animals to hunt

Wilmont, MN

• Mostly all Farmland• Established in 1899• Population in 2009 was

322• Survey from 1900

Summary of atlas page 81

• Nobles county • Many small WMA areas• Small towns• Farmlands (cornbelt)

Sources

• www.dnr.state.mn.us• Usda.gov• Heronlakecity.org• Some Wikipedia• Landscape of Minnesota book by John Fraser

Hart• The Seven states of MN book by John Toren• The Minnesota Atlas