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On State Highway 61 at Ryan Road (County Highway 50), on the right when traveling north on State Highway 61.
Clifton, first townsite surveyed in the United States section of the North Shore, was platted
west of the mouth of the French River in 1855. The river was known to early explorers
as Riviere des Francais. Rumors of nearby copper deposits resulted . . . — — Map (db m43766) HM
In 2005, a group of citizens from Duluth and Ohara (now Isumi City), Japan proposed to honor the Sister Cities relationships between our two cities by creating an authentic environment for the Peace Bell placed in Duluth's Enger Park in 1994. . . . — — Map (db m78732) HM
Near Enger Tower Drive, 0.2 miles east of Hank Jensen Drive.
The garden celebrates Duluth's sister city relationship with Ohara Isumi-City, Japan
ダルース市 日本の平和の鐘
Side 1:
The Peace Bell
During World War II, . . . — — Map (db m204681) HM
Near Enger Tower Drive, 0.2 miles east of Enger Park Cutoff, on the left when traveling east.
To the memory of
Bert J. Enger
1864 – 1931
Native of Norway
Citizen of Duluth
From Common Laborer to Merchant Prince, he demonstrated in his own life that America is a land of opportunity for the immigrant, and that her . . . — — Map (db m4807) HM
This garden celebrates Duluth's sister city relationship with Ohara Isumi-City, Japan.
The Peace Bell
During World War II, the Japanese government instructed villages to donate metal to be melted down for ammunition. Ohara Isumi-City . . . — — Map (db m78731) HM
The following is a translation of the text found on the bell. This bell, The Japan-US Friendship Peace Bell, is a close replica of the bell displayed in Ohara Park in the town of Ohara, Chiba Japan. It was cast in commemoration of the Sister City . . . — — Map (db m78734) HM
Rotary International
• The first Rotary Club was formed in Chicago in 1905 by a young attorney named Paul Harris who desired to discuss areas of common concern with other local business executives. They quickly decided to contribute their . . . — — Map (db m78749) HM
Near Enger Tower Drive, 0.2 miles east of Hank Jensen Drive.
The focus of this service area is youth, low income population and public service needs.
• Funded improvements to the Boy Scout's Camp Lawrie (1925) and YMCA's Camp Miller (1926).
• Provided summer camp scholarships for youth annually . . . — — Map (db m204945) HM
Near Enger Tower Drive, 0.2 miles east of Hank Jensen Drive.
• Funded and constructed a bridge connecting the highway between the U.S. and Canada near Grand Portage, MN when the two governments failed to decide how it should be funded (1926).
• Supported PolioPlus, Rotary International's program to . . . — — Map (db m204944) HM
Near Enger Tower Drive, 0.2 miles east of Hank Jensen Drive.
• Junior Rotarian program - invited area high schools students to attend weekly club meetings and support service projects
• Provided mentors for youth at Lincoln Park School.
• Provided scholarships for high school students to attend a . . . — — Map (db m204943) HM
• Held the first Big Brother dinner (1916).
• Assigned Rotarians to be foster fathers for children at the Duluth Children's Home (1930).
• Established Vocational Guidance Program for high school students (1950).
• Started . . . — — Map (db m204949) HM
Near Enger Tower Drive, 0.2 miles east of Hank Jensen Drive.
The Four Way Test was adopted by Rotary International in 1943 as our code of ethics.
1. Is it the truth?
2. Is it fair to all concerned?
3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
4. Will it . . . — — Map (db m204940) HM
On Canal Park Drive, 0.1 miles south of Railroad Street, on the right when traveling south.
Texas artist Donna Dobberfuhl sculpted this freestanding brick relief mural as her interpretation of the history of Lake Superior's westernmost place. She chose to include historic and contemporary content, from the culture of indigenous people, . . . — — Map (db m204519) HM
On Canal Park Drive at Buchanan Street, on the right when traveling south on Canal Park Drive.
Douglas Freeman's Fountain of the Wind is the artist's tribute to Lake Superior, a poem of honor, respect and gratitude. Here are some of Mr. Freeman's thoughts about this work:
Some of the images are literal. In the cascades we . . . — — Map (db m204517) HM
On Buchanan Street at Canal Park Drive, on the right when traveling west on Buchanan Street.
Located down the steps on bricked Buchanan Street Plaza, adjacent to the kiosk, Harper's five medallions show the Great Lakes and the links that connect them. Flags from the nautical alphabet spell out the lakes' names. Can you identify them? . . . — — Map (db m204518) HM
On Canal Park Drive south of Railroad Street, on the right when traveling south.
Sterling Rathsack's animated grouping, while representing figures, also has the abstract form of a totem. Perched on an authentic bollard as you enter Canal Park, Man, Child & Gull welcomes you to explore the character of Duluth's downtown . . . — — Map (db m204520) HM
On Canal Park Drive at Buchanan Street, on the left when traveling south on Canal Park Drive.
Kirk St. Maur's Spirit of Lake Superior celebrates the Anishinabe (Ojibwa, American Indian) culture.
The artist's interpretation is based on illustrations and photographs from the Minnesota Historical Society Archives, Eastman . . . — — Map (db m204516) HM
Very early Duluth felt that future growth
would depend on having suitable harbor and
dockage. Winter storms wrecked breakwater and docks built outside Minnesota Point. St. Louis Bay offered a protected harbor, but access required a canal be . . . — — Map (db m2913) HM
Deck capstans were used on sailing ships centuries ago to handle anchor lines on the heaviest of the ship's tackle. This cast iron geared capstan was recovered from the sunken schooner Samuel P. Ely at Two Harbors, Minnesota, where the ship sunk in . . . — — Map (db m79002) HM
Near South Lake Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
The near-by canal marks the site of Little Portage on Minnesota Point crossed on June 27, 1679 by Daniel De Gresolon, Sieur Du Lhut, a gentleman of the Royal Guard of Louis XIV on his way to explore the Upper Mississippi. — — Map (db m2876) HM
Near Canal Park Drive/North Shore Scenic Drive south of East Morse Street when traveling south.
In recognition of his non-tiring commitment to the maritime community and service as Duluth Seaway Port Authority executive director for 24 years, 1979-2003.
A native of and lifelong resident of Northern Minnesota, Davis began his career as a . . . — — Map (db m5584) HM
On Canal Park Drive at Morse Street, on the left when traveling south on Canal Park Drive.
Artist Richard Salews shows us a Great Lakes mariner steering his Mackinaw boat on a broad reach perhaps in the late 1800s. The 30-50 foot Mackinaws were used extensively on the lakes before steam and internal-combustion engines appeared. . . . — — Map (db m78875) HM
On Canal Park Drive at Buchanan Street, on the right when traveling north on Canal Park Drive.
In 1946, Judge E. J. Ruegemer of St. Cloud, MN, who was also a leader in the Fraternal Order of the Eagles, sentenced a 16-year-old boy to memorize the Ten Commandments. This led to local chapters of the Eagles financing the construction of over . . . — — Map (db m204585) HM
Near Canal Park Drive, on the left when traveling south.
This plaque is dedicated by the people of Duluth to the memory of a fellow citizen, Coast Guard Boatswains Mate First Class, Edgar A. Culbertson, who on the night of April 30, 1967 gave his life attempting to rescue three teen-age brothers stranded . . . — — Map (db m2758) HM
This piece of float copper was dredged from the Keweenaw Waterway, Michigan, by the hydraulic dredge "New Jersey"; on May 27, 1932, while working under contract with the United States Engineers Office, Duluth. It was presented to the office by . . . — — Map (db m78985) HM
Near South Lake Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
The first lighting was on November 20, 1970, made possible through the contributions of Duluth school children, citizens, business people and visitors.
The present dramatic lighting, first seen on July 4, 1987, is made possible through a . . . — — Map (db m2883) HM
Honoring Lewis G. Castle
in recognition of his part as a volunteer leader in gaining the seaway and as the administer of the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
The seaway, completed in 1959, represented decades of dreams, . . . — — Map (db m2910) HM
Unique apparatus invented by Duluth's Captain Alexander McDougall for use on his whaleback ships. About fifty appear to have been produced at the American Steelbarge Company Shipyard in Superior. This one was recovered in 1977 from the wreck of the . . . — — Map (db m79003) HM
This Navy-style stockless anchor is the type used on all modern ships and, at 3 tons, it is typical of those carried on 8-10,000 ton freighters. A usual rule of thumb provides that a vessel's anchor chain should be three times the depth of the water . . . — — Map (db m79001) HM
This propeller wheel is typical of those used to drive Lakes freighters. It measures 14 feet 5 inches in diameter and weighs over 11 tons; being made of a special bronze alloy, its value exceeds 10,000 dollars. The propeller was removed from the . . . — — Map (db m78977) HM
Near Canal Park Drive/North Shore Scenic Drive south of East Morse Street when traveling south.
Department of the Navy • United States of America —
Navy Operational Support Center • Duluth, Minnesota
May all who pass this memorial recognize the brave men and women who have served in the United States Navy. This memorial stands . . . — — Map (db m5818) HM
Near Canal Park Drive at Morse Street, on the right when traveling north.
At three-thirty in the afternoon of Monday, November 27th, 1905, the steamship Mataafa passed under the newly built Duluth Transfer Bridge, and onto Lake Superior. The Mataafa was towing the schooner barge James Nasmyth, bringing their loads of iron . . . — — Map (db m199138) HM
Near Canal Park Drive, on the left when traveling south.
Conventional ship's anchor used from about 1870 to 1910, from the Whaleback steamer Thomas Wilson, sunk a half mile outside Duluth Piers. Recovered in 1973 by the U.S.C.G. Cutter Woodrush with divers Elmer Engman, Dave Anderson, Dan Goman and Paul . . . — — Map (db m21027) HM
Near Canal Park Drive, on the left when traveling south.
The United States Merchant Marine
In recognition of those who serve
their country in war and peace time
to those 250,000 who served in world war II
to those 670 who were taken prisoner
to those 6,700 plus who gave their lives . . . — — Map (db m5433) HM
On East 7th Street at East Clover Street on East 7th Street.
The streets of this Duluth neighborhood are the first concrete pavements constructed in Minnesota. They were built of portland cement concrete in 1909 and 1910 and ushered in the era of modern roads and streets in the state. A distinctive feature of . . . — — Map (db m44081) HM
Near North Shore Scenic Drive/London Road (State Highway 61) 0.2 miles north of South 32nd Avenue East, on the right when traveling north.
Hesperia, the name given to the Congdon's yacht, was a family name. Registered as a yacht in Lloyd's Register of American Yachts, 1911, the Hesperia was constructed of wood with a raised deck design. The boat was powered by an internal . . . — — Map (db m26552) HM
Near North Shore Scenic Drive/London Road (State Highway 61) 0.2 miles north of South 32nd Avenue East, on the right when traveling north.
Campus Heritage Marker
University of Minnesota Duluth
Glensheen, A Family Legacy
Glensheen estate was built between 1905 and 1908 for attorney Chester Adgate Congdon, his wife Clara Bannister Congdon and their . . . — — Map (db m6603) HM
On Skyline Parkway, on the left when traveling west.
Originally the area below was called Oneota, one of several early towns which survived to form modern Duluth. Oneota was the site of the first sawmill in the region, built in 1855 at the present site of the iron ore docks. Among the early . . . — — Map (db m78736) HM
On Michigan Street at 6th Avenue West, on the right when traveling east on Michigan Street.
Born February 11, 1847
Watertown, N.Y.
Died August 2, 1956
Duluth, Mn.
Battery C
1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery
The Last Union Survivor — — Map (db m79050) HM
On East 1st Street at North 2nd Avenue East, on the left when traveling west on East 1st Street.
An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak and impossible to remain silent.
Elias Clayton • Elmer Jackson • Isaac McGhie
On June 15, 1920, following the alleged rape of a young woman, Duluth police locked up a . . . — — Map (db m46978) HM
On Michigan Street at 6th Avenue West, on the right when traveling east on Michigan Street.
Completed in 1892
Designed by
R.S. Peabody & J.G. Stearns
Boston
Listed in the National
Register of Historic Places
1971
St. Louis County
Historical Society
————————
St. Louis . . . — — Map (db m79051) HM
On East 1st Street at North 2nd Avenue East, on the right when traveling west on East 1st Street.
Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were the victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between 1877 and 1950, including in St. Louis County, MN. Lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of . . . — — Map (db m204590) HM
Near North 5th Avenue West north of West 1st Street.
Priley Fountain
In grateful recognition
to Joseph C. Priley for his
unselfish and dedicated
efforts to beautify Duluth
July 26, 1970
Duluth Civic Center
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by . . . — — Map (db m49827) HM
On North Shore Scenic Drive/East Superior Street south of North 9th Avenue East, on the right when traveling north.
Perhaps no individual in the history of Duluth had such a dramatic influence on the port's infant development than Jay Cooke, a Philadelphia financier. Cooke's reign at the Head-of-the-Lakes was brief, but all-encompassing for commercial . . . — — Map (db m6379) HM
On North Shore Scenic Drive south of 12th Avenue East, on the right when traveling north.
Leif Erikson
Discoverer of America
1000 A. D.
sponsored and erected by the
Norwegian American League
of
Duluth, Minnesota
and
Popular Subscription
presented to the City of Duluth, Minnesota
August 25, 1956.
Designed . . . — — Map (db m6323) HM
The Duluth Rose Society in Leif Erikson Park initially began as a joint effort between the City and the Duluth Rose Society. First envisioned by Mrs. Ausma Klints, the community garden was created with the help of Mrs. Virginia Sellwood and Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m79505) HM
On West 3rd Street (State Highway 23) west of 130th Avenue West, on the right when traveling west.
Fond du Lac was incorporated in 1857 and became a part of the City of Duluth in 1895. This is the site of a major Chippewa Indian settlement from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries and is situated on the early canoe route along the St. . . . — — Map (db m43723) HM
On 133rd Avenue West south of West 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south.
Site of Ojibway Village
from earliest known period
Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Luth
was here in 1679
Astor's American Fur Company
established a trading post
on this spot about 1817
First Ojibway Treaty in Minnesota
made here in 1826 . . . — — Map (db m43725) HM
On West Skyline Parkway east of Hank Jensen Drive/Enger Park Cutoff, on the left when traveling west.
Rice's Point separates Duluth-Superior's outer from it's inner harbor, and is a focal point of Duluth's industrial activity. Many of the city's bridges can be seen, among them the Aerial Lift Bridge to the left, the John A. Blatnik Bridge straight . . . — — Map (db m4965) HM
On Congdon Boulevard (State Highway 61) east of 61st Avenue East, on the right when traveling east.
As you face Lake Superior, you will find that the eastern access to the Skyline Parkway, a 30-mile drive along the rim of the hills overlooking Duluth and Lake Superior, begins here to your right on the left bank of the Lester River. As you proceed . . . — — Map (db m44599) HM
On West Skyline Parkway east of 10th Avenue West, on the right when traveling east.
Duluth-Superior harbor is the westernmost terminus of the St. Lawrence Seaway and the world's most inland seaport. Harbor commerce began when Daniel Greysolon Sieur Du Luht portaged across Minnesota Point in 1679 where the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge . . . — — Map (db m4827) HM
