Minnesota Point

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Minnesota Point, or Park Point, is a long, narrow peninsula that extends out from the Canal Park area of Duluth, Minnesota, USA and separating Lake Superior from the St. Louis Bay. The point is approximately 5 miles in length, and along with Wisconsin Point, which extends out from Superior, Wisconsin, is reported to be the largest freshwater sandbar in the world. Due to the short and easy portage across Minnesota Point, the Ojibwa name for the City of Duluth is Onigamiinsing ("at the little portage"). Since the digging of an artificial canal in 1870-71 Minnesota Point is technically an island, connected to the rest of the city of Duluth since 1905 by the Aerial Bridge.