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line of pleasure boats at knife river marina on lake superior in minnesota

 

Set Sail at Knife River

mile 18.3

 

 
The little burg of Knife River MN includes a DNR marina, the river, a Lake Superior beach, Rec Center and a few businesses. Originally founded as Buchanan, after President Buchanan, this unincorporated village has been home to commercial fishermen for the past 150+ years. During a spring gale in April 1914, 64-mile-per-hour winds proved too much for the 239-foot steel steamer Benjamin Noble, which sank off Knife Island.

 

		

 

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