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Founded in 1966, the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) is an organization in the United States serving the interests of ceramics as an art form and in creative education. Most major American ceramic artists since the 1970s, such as Frances Senska, Paul Soldner, Peter Voulkos, and Rudy Autio have been among its members.
The Cascade River is a 17.1-mile-long (27.5 km) [1] river in northeastern Minnesota, United States. Running through Cook County, it debouches into Lake Superior between Grand Marais and Lutsen. Its lower courses flow through Cascade River State Park. [2] The river was named for a number of waterfalls near its mouth. [3]
This is a list of dams and reservoirs in the U.S. state of Minnesota and pertinent data in a sortable table. There are more than 1,250 dams in the state. There are more than 1,250 dams in the state. Over 800 are public facilities and of these 430 are owned by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources .
In 1957, the Minnesota Legislature established Brule River State Park and appropriated US$5,000 (equivalent to $55,977 in 2024) to purchase privately owned land within the 940-acre (380 ha) statutory boundaries. [2] [17] Clarence Magney, who had been instrumental in creating eleven state parks and waysides on the North Shore, died on May 14, 1962.
It is joined by the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling, by the St. Croix River near Hastings, by the Chippewa River at Wabasha, and by many smaller streams. The Red River , in the bed of glacial Lake Agassiz , drains the northwest part of the state northward toward Canada's Hudson Bay .
[3] Minnesota's state park system is the second oldest in the United States, after New York's. [4]: 2 Minnesota's state parks are spread across the state in such a way that there is a state park within 50 miles (80 km) of every Minnesotan. [5] The most recent park created is Lake Vermilion State Park, created in 2010.
Pipestone National Monument is located in southwestern Minnesota, just north of the city of Pipestone, Minnesota. It is located along the highways of U.S. Route 75, Minnesota State Highway 23 and Minnesota State Highway 30. The quarries are culturally significant to 23 tribal nations of North America.
Cook County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,600, [1] making it Minnesota's seventh-least populous county. Its county seat is Grand Marais. [2] The Grand Portage Indian Reservation is in the county.