Duluth, Minnesota

Duluth is a town in and the county seat of St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 86,918. It is a seaport at the westernmost point on the north shore of Lake Superior, perhaps farther from the ocean than any other seaport. It is linked to the Atlantic Ocean via the Great Lakes and then either the Erie Canal/New York State Barge Canal or the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

Amateur sports

The Duluth Huskies are a college summer wood bat league baseball team which is based in Duluth and plays in the Northwoods League. The team plays its home games at Wade Stadium. They are made up from some of the top college baseball players in the country. Season begins around the 1st of June and ends in mid August. They play 34 home games.

Related Topics:
Duluth Huskies - Baseball - Northwoods League - Wade Stadium

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The Duluth-Superior Shoremen are a semi-pro football team based in Duluth's Public Schools Stadium. They play for the Mid-American Football League, and placed second in that league's championship game last year.

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Grandma's Marathon is Duluth's annual marathon in June, named after its original sponsor, Grandma's Restaurant. The course of the marathon starts just outside Two Harbors, Minnesota, runs down Old Highway 61, the old route for Minnesota State Highway 61, along the North Shore of Lake Superior and finishes in one of Duluth's tourism neighborhoods, Canal Park. The same route is also taken during the North Shore Inline Marathon which takes place in September, drawing racers from all over the world.

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Grandma's Marathon - Marathon - Grandma's Restaurant - Two Harbors, Minnesota - Minnesota State Highway 61 - North Shore - Lake Superior - Canal Park

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The Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon is Duluth's annual sled dog race organized in February and named after John Beargrease, the son of the Anishinabe Chief Moquabimetem and one of the first mail carriers between Two Harbors, Minnesota and Grand Marais, Minnesota. He and his brothers carried mail by sled dog, boat, and horse for almost twenty years between the two towns, where there was no road. Competitors can choose between two distances; the longer 400-mile course takes a round trip from Duluth to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, and the 150-mile course departs from Duluth and ends in Tofte, Minnesota. The marathon was first held in 1980 and is acknowledged as a training ground for the larger and more elite Iditarod sled dog race.

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Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon - John Beargrease - Anishinabe - Moquabimetem - Two Harbors, Minnesota - Grand Marais, Minnesota - Boundary Waters Canoe Area - Tofte, Minnesota - Iditarod

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The University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldog hockey games are a major event in town during the cold Duluth winter. Players have become minor celebrities, glad-handing with fans around town and enjoying pats on the back from classmates. Games are televised locally and thousands watch the games in person at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC)

Related Topics:
University of Minnesota Duluth - Hockey - Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC)

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