Transcript Kisch, Final Atlas Project

Kisch, (new) 47 31 86
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By: Mitch Kisch
Part 1
Northeast region of
Minnesota
-Page 47 of the
DeLORME Minnesota
Atlas & Gazetteer
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
Duluth
Activities to do in Duluth
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Great lakes Aquarium
North Shore Drive
Glensheen Mansion 
Hawk Ridge Nature
preserve
• Canal Park
• Fishing
• Tweed museum of art
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
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
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
Wild life Management Areas
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
Anchor lake WMA
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Near Eveleth
174 acres
Mixed northern forest with a waterfowl lake
Grouse hunting trials
Lake Superior- largest of the great
lakes
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
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
White Face reservoir
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4,567 acres
Near Markham
Water clarity- 5 feet
Sand bottom
Established in 1923 for
hydropower water storage
• Has maximum depth of 35
feet
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
Part 2
Northwest region of
Minnesota
- Page 31 of the
DeLORME Minnesota
Atlas & Gazetteer
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.
Bemidji (aerial)
Bemidji info
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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
Bemidji is well known for this site!
My one experience in Bemidji
included…
• Fishing
• Golfing
• Seeing a bear for the
first time
• Camping
• One fun time!!
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
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
Lower red lake
• THE BIGGEST lake the is
completely in
Minnesota
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
Red lake state forest
• 84,105 acres
• Established in 1963
• Located between Pine
Island State forest and
the southeast side of
upper red lake
Mississippi headwaters state forest
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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
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
Long Lake WMA
• 159.9 acres
• Open to public hunting
• No use of atv’s or
snowmobiles
• Bird watching
• Hiking
• Hunting
• Wildlife viewing
Some other cities on page 31
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Pinewood
Wilton
Tenstrike
Turtle river
Solway
Pupsky
Debs
Quiring
Saum
Ponemah
Redby
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
Part 3
Southeast region of
Minnesota
-Page 86 of the
DeLORME Minnesota
Atlas & Gazetteer
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
Rochester
• Population: 107,000
about in 2010
• Largest city outside of
the metro
• Known mostly for it
Mayo clinic
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.
Clinics whole campus
Richard Dorer Memorial Hardwood
State Forest
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1,016,204 acres
Covers seven different counties
Established in 1961
Memorial to the state’s pioneers and veterans
Driftless area
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
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
Karst topography
• Limestone area
• Farms, rolling hills, hollows
• Slowly dissolved by
rainwater
• Drained landscape
• Fountain Township has
great examples
How Karst topography in this area
comes about
White Water
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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
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
Niagara Cave
• Located in Harmony, MN
• Waterfall in cave nearly 60
feet high
• 48 degrees year round
• Fossils over 400 million
years old
Forestville Mystery Cave (state park)
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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
Sum up of page 86
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Caves
Mayo clinic
Karst topography
Blufflands
My new favorite page in the atlas
Rochester
Part 4
Southwest region of
Minnesota
-Page 81 of the
DeLORME Minnesota
Atlas & Gazetteer
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
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
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
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
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
Oxbow WMA
• 236 acres
• Hunting: deer small
game, pheasant and
waterfowl
• Wetland and prairie
wildlife
Des Moines River near Dundee, MN
Slayton
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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
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
Wilmont, MN
• Mostly all Farmland
• Established in 1899
• Population in 2009 was
322
• Survey from 1900
Summary of atlas page 81
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Nobles county
Many small WMA areas
Small towns
Farmlands (cornbelt)
Sources
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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