1. Kisch, (new) 47 31 86 81 By: Mitch Kisch

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

3. 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

4. Duluth

5. Activities to do in Duluth Great lakes Aquarium North Shore Drive Glensheen Mansion  Hawk Ridge Nature preserve Canal Park Fishing Tweed museum of art

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Wild life Management Areas

10. 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

11. Anchor lake WMA Near Eveleth 174 acres Mixed northern forest with a waterfowl lake Grouse hunting trials

12. Lake Superior- largest of the great lakes

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

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

18. 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.

19. Bemidji (aerial)

20. 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

21. Bemidji is well known for this site!

22. My one experience in Bemidji included… Fishing Golfing Seeing a bear for the first time Camping One fun time!!

23. 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

24. 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

25. Lower red lake THE BIGGEST lake the is completely in Minnesota

26. 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

27. Red lake state forest 84,105 acres Established in 1963 Located between Pine Island State forest and the southeast side of upper red lake

28. 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

29. 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

30. Long Lake WMA 159.9 acres Open to public hunting No use of atv’s or snowmobiles Bird watching Hiking Hunting Wildlife viewing

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

32. 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

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

34. 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

35. Rochester Population: 107,000 about in 2010 Largest city outside of the metro Known mostly for it Mayo clinic

36. 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.

37. Clinics whole campus

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. Karst topography Limestone area Farms, rolling hills, hollows Slowly dissolved by rainwater Drained landscape Fountain Township has great examples

42. How Karst topography in this area comes about

43. 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

44. 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

45. Niagara Cave Located in Harmony, MN Waterfall in cave nearly 60 feet high 48 degrees year round Fossils over 400 million years old

46. 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

47. Sum up of page 86 Caves Mayo clinic Karst topography Blufflands My new favorite page in the atlas Rochester

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

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. Oxbow WMA 236 acres Hunting: deer small game, pheasant and waterfowl Wetland and prairie wildlife

55. Des Moines River near Dundee, MN

56. 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

57. 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

58. Wilmont, MN Mostly all Farmland Established in 1899 Population in 2009 was 322 Survey from 1900

59. Summary of atlas page 81 Nobles county Many small WMA areas Small towns Farmlands (cornbelt)

60. 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