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How The Environment Has Shaped the State

From Sustenance to Leisure on Minnesota Land

Expert Essay: Associate professor of history Michael J. Lansing, published in Environmental History as well as Ethics, Place, and Environment, highlights the many ways people have made use of Minnesota's flora and fauna over time and reviews the state's more recent efforts at conservation.

Pigeon River border crossing

Pigeon River border crossing of Highway 61 between Grand Portage, Minnesota, and Ontario, Canada. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Tony Webster, July 23, 2017. CC BY-SA 2.0

Tunnel section of Highway 61

The Silver Creek Cliff tunnel section of Highway 61, between Two Harbors and Silver Bay. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Tony Webster, September 27, 2017. CC BY-SA 2.0

Lake Superior International Highway illustration

Illustration from a map of the Lake Superior International Highway, ca. 1920s.

Silver Creek Cliff

Silver Creek Cliff on Lake Superior. Page fifteen of a souvenir book featuring fourteen photographs of Lake Superior International Highway, 1926.

Pigeon River at the US–Canadian border

The Pigeon River at the border of the United States and Canada. Page six of a souvenir book featuring fourteen photographs of Lake Superior International Highway, 1926.