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The Cloquet Fire (/ k l oʊ ˈ k eɪ / kloh-KAY) [2] was an immense forest fire in northern Minnesota, United States in October 1918, caused by sparks on the local railroads amid dry conditions. The fire left much of western Carlton County devastated, mostly affecting Moose Lake , Cloquet , and Kettle River .
1884 church expanded in the 1920s, one of the state's oldest Catholic churches built by an Ojibwe parish, one of the oldest churches in northern Minnesota overall, and one of Carlton County's few historic buildings to predate the 1918 Cloquet Fire. [5] 3: Cloquet City Hall: Cloquet City Hall: September 11, 1985 : Avenue B and Arch Street ...
Cloquet Fire: Minnesota and Wisconsin: Killed 453 people. 1919 5,000,000 acres (2,023,000 ha) Great Fire of 1919 Alberta and Saskatchewan Spanning from Lac La Biche, AB to almost Prince Albert, SK. Village of Lac La Biche destroyed. 300+ people homeless. An estimated $200,000 in property damage. Cause: drought, high winds, lightning.
The forest is a mixture of coniferous boreal forest, alder-willow brushlands, lowland bogs, and wild rice (Zizania palustris) laden lakes.The current forest cover was largely influenced by the 1918 Cloquet Fire and the controlled burns that took place until the 1930s, as well as the drainage of area lowlands from 1916 to 1920 for the purposes of homesteading.
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The 1918 Cloquet Fire started on October 12, 1918, with a background of a hot, dry summer, followed by a fall with little rain. The fire started on a windy day when a spark, possibly thrown from a passing train, ignited nearby brush. Much of the area, from Sturgeon Lake to Moose Lake, Cloquet, and close to Duluth, was devastated by the fire. It ...
The fire started about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday near the junction of Road 222 and Road 200. It is one of about a dozen fires across California that have started since Sept. 1
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