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City of Duluth Facts
History
Originally settled by Sioux (Dakota)
and Chippewa (Ojibwa).
Claimed for France in 1679 by Daniel Greysolon,
Sieur du Lhut.
Once home to more millionaires (per capita)
than any other city in the world.
Physical Data
Population: 86,000; within 30-mile radius,
population is 184,134.
Located at the westernmost tip of Lake Superior,
halfway between Minneapolis/St. Paul and the Canadian border.
Terrain: City is built
into a steep, rocky cliffside
2,342 freshwater miles from the Atlantic
Ocean to Duluth via the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway.
Area: 43,067 acres.
Altitude: Ranges from 605 feet (at Lake
Superior’s shoreline) to 1,485 feet above sea level.
Industry
Industries include tourism, healthcare,
financial/banking, mining, paper, communications, education
and shipping.
City's harbor welcomes over 1,000 ocean-going
and Great Lakes freighters annually.
Seaway Port Authority of Duluth provides foreign trade zone
and economic development services.
Interlake cargoes of iron, grain, coal and
stone combine to make this the top volume port on the Great
Lakes with a total of $250 million in annual economic impact.
Home to the College of St. Scholastica,
the University of Minnesota Duluth, Lake Superior Community
College, Fond du Lac Community College and across the bay,
the University of Wisconsin-Superior.