
The fashion for beaver hats in Europe generated demand for pelts. Several factors brought fur traders to the Great Lakes in the early 17th century. Ojibwe camp and white visitors on Minnesota Point, 19th century 13.6 First whole-plane parachute system on a certified aircraft.

13.5 Chun King, Jeno's Pizza Rolls, and Bellisio Frozen Foods.7.2.1 Superior Hiking and Piedmont Mountain Biking trails.5.2.4 Christmas City of the North Parade.


The Port of Duluth is the world's farthest inland port accessible to oceangoing ships, and by far the largest and busiest port on the Great Lakes. city on the lake, and is accessible to the Atlantic Ocean 2,300 miles (3,700 km) away via the Great Lakes Waterway and St. Situated on the north shore of Lake Superior at the westernmost point of the Great Lakes, Duluth is the largest metropolitan area, the second-largest city and the largest U.S. The two cities are commonly called the Twin Ports. Duluth forms a metropolitan area with neighboring Superior, Wisconsin. The population was 86,697 at the 2020 census, making it Minnesota's fifth-largest city. Duluth is south of the Iron Range and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.ĭuluth is named after Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, the area's first known European explorer.

Commodities shipped from the Port of Duluth include coal, iron ore, grain, limestone, cement, salt, wood pulp, steel coil, and wind turbine components. Located on Lake Superior in Minnesota's Arrowhead Region, the city is a hub for tourism and cargo shipping. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Duluth ( / d ə ˈ l uː θ/ ( listen) də- LOOTH) is a port city in the U.S.
