Laurentian Divide Recreation Area

 

 

     
 
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Laurentian divide is the continental divide separating the area where water flows north to the Hudson Bay or the Arctic Ocean from the area where water flows south to the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, or Gulf of Mexico. It stretches from northern Newfoundland south and then west to the Great Divide at Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park in Montana. In Minnesota it stretches from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Cook County to Browns Valley in Traverse County.

The Laurentian Divide Recreation Area, in the Superior National Forest near Virginia, Minnesota, has 15 miles of hiking and skiing trails and 5 miles of mountain bike trails.

 
     
 

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N47 34.643, W92 32.621

 
         
 

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          St. Louis County  
          Northeast Minnesota  
     
 
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Hiking Trails

 
 

15 miles hiking trails
½ mile fitness trail

 
     
 

Hunting

 
 

No hunting

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Ecological Classification

  Ecological Classification  
  Ecological Province    

Laurentian Mixed Forest Province

   
  Ecological Section    

Northern Superior Uplands

   
  Ecological Subsection    

Nashwauk Uplands

   
  Land Type Association    

Mesabi Range

Pike-Sandy River Sand Plain

   
             
 

Native Plant Communities*

   
 

Not mapped (10/11/2021)

   
  * Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources      
         
 

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The fitness trails are part of the more extensive Lookout Mountain trail network.

 
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  Shane and I at the Laurentian Divide
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Uploaded on May 30, 2011

This is what i get like when i have noting caffinated or loaded with sugar...I go fucking crazy :P For some reason it never picked up Shane talking, idk why :/

 
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Mountain biking at Laurentian Divide. Virginia MN

 

 

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Fungi and Lichens

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fungi List

 
         
 

Mammals

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Mammals List

 
         
 

Plants

 
 

Three plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:

Threatened

wavy hairgrass (Deschampsia flexuosa)

Special Concern

least moonwort (Botrychium simplex)

Mingan moonwort (Botrychium minganense)

northern yellow-eyed grass (Xyris montana)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

 
         

 

 

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