Agate Bay Commercial Fishing Village

Agate Bay Commercial Fishing Village (HM1HTA)

Location: Two Harbors, MN 55616 Lake County
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Country: United States of America
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N 47° 0.832', W 91° 39.923'

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Greetings from Two Harbors, Minnesota

The "railroad tracks" on the shore before you are the last vestiges of a once vibrant commercial fishing village in Agate Bay. It was an easy transition for Scandinavian immigrants to begin fishing almost immediately upon arrival in America. The invasion of the sea lamprey in 1935 would destroy commercial fishing on the great lakes by 1955. Many of the fishermen were railroaders that fished in their time off. Note the caboose used as a boathouse in the center of the photo.
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HM NumberHM1HTA
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Placed ByLake County Historical Society and Mitch Costley
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Date Added Wednesday, November 12th, 2014 at 9:03pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 601438 N 5207569
Decimal Degrees47.01386667, -91.66538333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 47° 0.832', W 91° 39.923'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds47° 0' 49.92" N, 91° 39' 55.38" W
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Area Code(s)218
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Two Harbors Lake Walk, Two Harbors MN 55616, US
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