Kodonce River State Wayside
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131 acres |
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N47 47.638, W90 9.241 |
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Parking limit six hours. Overnight parking is not allowed. |
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No fee (?) |
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Kodonce River State Wayside is an access point to the Superior Hiking Trail (SHT). Park at the paved parking area on the south side of MN 61. On the north side of the highway there is a sign for the SHT. The trail here is a spur for the SHT, leading 0.6 miles north to the main trail. There are 1.3 miles of trails in this wayside. Most of that is on the Superior Hiking Trail. |
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No hunting |
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| Ecological Province | Laurentian Mixed Forest Province |
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| Ecological Section | Northern Superior Uplands |
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| Ecological Subsection | North Shore Highlands |
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| Land Type Association | North Shore Till Plain |
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Aspen - Birch Forest, Balsam Fir Subtype Bedrock/Boulder Shore (River) Cliff/Talus System Gravel/Cobble Beach (Lake Superior) Northern Mesic Mixed Forest Upland White Cedar Forest |
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What’s In a Name?
On April 1, 1947, this site was officially designated Kodonce River State Park. In 1969 it was demoted and renamed Kodonce River State Wayside. It is often referred to as “Kadunce River State Wayside,” even in Minnesota DNR news releases. It protects the last mile of a gorge where Kadunce Creek (also called Kadunce River) drops 300 feet and empties into Lake Superior. The area is mapped on the USGS Kadunce River quad. The original name may have been an alternate spelling or a misspelling, but it remains the official name of the site.
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Superior Hiking Trail Spur |
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Gravel Beach |
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Kadunce Creek |
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| Paula Schlotec kadunce river crew (guss lives) |
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Published on Jul 14, 2012 trip up the kadunce river in Grand Marais, MN 7/13/2012 |
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| Kadunce normano1 |
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Uploaded on Aug 26, 2008 Walk up the Kadunce River. |
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| Kadunce River w/Ellie & Jeremy Sarah Reller |
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Published on Aug 13, 2013 No description available. |
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| Kadunce Canyoneering Bryan Hansel |
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Uploaded on Jun 21, 2009 Canyoneering the Kadunce River in NE MN. |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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Plants frequently found in: Aspen - Birch Forest: Balsam Fir Subtype FDn43b1 Bedrock/Boulder Shore (River) RVx43a Cliff/Talus System CT Gravel/Cobble Beach (Lake Superior) LKu32e |
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