List of Minnesota state parks

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Fort Snelling's round tower

Lake Itasca in Minnesota's oldest state park is the birthplace of the Mississippi River.

The St. Croix River at William O' Brien State Park.

High Falls at Tettegouche State Park.

The Buffalo River in Buffalo River State Park.

The St. Louis River flows through a series of rapids in Jay Cooke State Park.

A Minnesota state park is an area of land in the U.S. state of Minnesota preserved by the state for its natural, historic, or other resources. Minnesota currently has 71 state parks. Each was created by an act of the Minnesota Legislature and is maintained by the Department of Natural Resources. The Minnesota Historical Society operates sites within some of them. The park system began in 1891 when a state law was adopted to "maintain intact, forever, a limited quantity of the domain of this commonwealth...in a state of nature."

1 List of Minnesota state parks
2 See also
3 External links
4 References

[edit] List of Minnesota state parks

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Minnesota State Parks on the Department of Natural Resources website
Minnesota Statute 85.012 State parks - statutory list
Minnesota State Park System - Legislative Auditor Report

[edit] References

Arthur, Anne. Minnesota's State Parks. Adventure Publications, 1998. ISBN 1-885061-51-X
Meyer, Roy Willard. Everyone's Country Estate: A History of Minnesota's State Parks. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1991. ISBN 0-87351-266-9

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