 Photo by Dennis O'Hara (Northern Images) Text on this page was adapted from VisitDuluth.com in December, 2002 |
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.