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McGregor is a city in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 391 at the 2010 census . [ 5 ] McGregor is along Minnesota State Highways 65 and 210 .
As of the census [1] of 2000, there were 116 people, 51 households, and 31 families residing in the township. The population density was 3.5 people per square mile (1.4/km 2).
Reservation name Tribe Counties Map Population [Note 1] Notes Bois Forte Indian Reservation: Ojibwe: Itasca, Koochiching, and St. Louis: 984 Fond du Lac Indian Reservation: Ojibwe ...
The site has had four names: Camp Edith Macy (C.E.M.) - University In The Woods, Edith Macy Training School, Edith Macy Girl Scout National Center and since 1982, Edith Macy Conference Center. However, it is often simply referred to as Macy. The John J. Creedon Education Center and Camp Andrée Clark are part of the complex. In 1926, Macy ...
The Minnesota DNR also owns one island in Bill Horn Bay that they preserve. In the 1800s this was the island where the Sioux women and children hid from the attacking Ojibwa. In 1798, North West Company maintained a post on the western side of the lake; in 1830, American Fur Company established a post at the confluence of the Sandy River with ...
The open-air Tabernacle, made of cast iron, with seating for over 2,000, is the physical and spiritual center of the Campground. [3] It was built in 1879 by John W. Hoyt of Springfield, Massachusetts. Church services are held weekly in the Tabernacle during the months of July and August, and a variety of cultural events are held there each summer.
Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in Aitkin County in east central Minnesota, five miles south of the community of McGregor. It was established in 1935 for waterfowl habitat preservation. The refuge includes Rice Lake itself, a shallow, 3,600-acre wild rice-producing lake. [2]
The site for the school, McGregor Heights, had been established as a Chautauqua site by the McGregor Improvement Company in 1898. The district is made up of 20 cabins that were mostly built between 1898 and the early 1920s. Because they were built at different times they encompass a variety of styles.