Tettegouche State Park

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caption = Baptism River Falls
location = Off County Hwy. 4
nearest_city = Silver Bay, Minnesota
lat_degrees =47
lat_minutes =20
lat_seconds =9
lat_direction = N
long_degrees =91
long_minutes = 11
long_seconds = 58
long_direction = W
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added = January 17, 1989
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refnum = 88003084
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governing_body = Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Tettegouche State Park is a Minnesota state park on the north shore of Lake Superior 58 miles (93 km) northeast of Duluth in Lake County on scenic Minnesota Highway 61. The park's name stems from the Tettegouche Club, an association of local businessmen which purchased the park in 1910 from the Alger-Smith Lumber Company. The club's members protected the area until its sale in 1971 to the deLaittres family. In 1979, the state of Minnesota acquired convert|3400|acre|km2|0 from the Nature Conservancy, including Tettegouche Camp. The land was added to Baptism River State Park, which was renamed Tettegouche State Park. [cite web | last = Gauper | first = Beth | title = Heirs to a Hideaway | publisher = St. Paul Pioneer Press, via BethGauper.com | date = 2007-02-11 | url = http://bethgauper.com/articles/2007_tettegouche.html | accessdate = 2007-08-15 ]

Features

The park is 9,346 acres (37.8 km²), and contains six inland lakes (four of which support Northern Pike and one supports Walleye fishing), four waterfalls, and a beach on Lake Superior. The 70 ft (22 m) tall waterfall High Falls located on the Baptism River is the highest waterfall located entirely within Minnesota. [High Falls on the Pigeon River is higher, but is on the border with Ontario.] The park contains 22 miles (35 km) of hiking trails, 12 miles (19.3 km) of Ski trails, and access to the Superior Hiking Trail. Tettegouche is bordered to the north by the Finland State Forest and shares the Red Dot motorized trail with it. The trail is for use by all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles and is the only ATV trail in a state park.

The park is one of only four state parks in Minnesota offering rock climbing. Both Shovel Point and Palisade Head cliffs are popular spots offering climbing directly over Lake Superior.

Wildlife

Common wildlife seen at the park includes the white-tail deer, hawk, woodpecker, red squirrel, snowshoe hare, weasel, and beaver. Other wild life that can be seen moose, black bear, river otter, and red fox on occasion the timber wolf, coyote, fisher, pine marten and northern flying squirrel can be seen. The park also has peregrine falcons that nest in the cliffs along Lake Superior.

Amenities

The park contains several camping areas, with drive-in, cart-in, walk-in and kayak-in sites. The Tettegouche Camp, on Mic Mac Lake, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. and features four hike-to cabins. One drive-up cabin is available at Illgen Falls. There is a visitor center open year-round. The campgrounds feature flush toilets, showers, and public phones. Firewood and ice can be purchased at the campground. The cabins and campsites can be booked through [https://www.stayatmnparks.com/ stayatmnparks.com] . Five picnic areas are also available with fire rings and tables.

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References

External links

* [http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/tettegouche/index.html Tettegouche State Park website]
* [http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_parks/spk00269.pdf Tettegouche Map and Info]