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It was established in 1961 in Saint Louis County near Ely, Minnesota. The park also contains the woodlands surrounding the lakes, which gives an entire total of about 5,540 acres. The park also shares a large border with Bear Island State Forest. In September 2010, Bear Head Lake State Park was voted "America's Favorite Park" in a major online ...
There are 64 state parks, nine state recreation areas, nine state waysides, and 23 state trails in the Minnesota state park system, totaling approximately 267,000 acres (1,080 km 2). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A Minnesota state park is an area of land in the U.S. state of Minnesota preserved by the state for its natural, historic, or other resources.
Burntside Lake is a 7,139-acre (28.89 km 2) lake, located 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Ely, Minnesota, in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.Its western boundary adjoins the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on Tamarack Creek.
In 1965, US Steel donated the Soudan Mine to the State of Minnesota to use for educational purposes. [5] The primary underground mining method used was known as cut and fill. This involved mining the ceiling and using Ely Greenstone and other waste rock to artificially raise the floor at the same rate as the ceiling was being mined out.
The Burntside State Forest is a state forest located near the town of Ely in Lake and Saint Louis counties, Minnesota. 82% of the forest land falls within the limits of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to the north which belongs to the Superior National Forest, and thus falls under the federal jurisdiction of the United States Forest Service.
website, program of Minnesota State University Moorhead, interpretive center and observatory, nature and environmental education programs, adjacent to the 1,068-acre Buffalo River State Park: National Eagle Center: Wabasha: Wabasha: Southeast: Conservation, research and educational efforts relating to eagles Ney Nature Center: Henderson: Le ...
Ely (/ ˈ iː l i / EE-lee) [4] is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.The population was 3,268 at the 2020 census. [5]Located on the Vermilion iron range, Ely once had several iron ore mines.
Rapidan Dam Park. Official site. Bray Park; Daly Park; Duck Lake Park; Farrish Johnson Wildlife Area; Indian Lake Conservation Area; Lake George Park; Lone Pine Park