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Pigeon Point, Minnesota

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State
  
Minnesota

Townships
  
Grand Portage

County
  
Cook County

Population
  
Uninhabited (2000)

Pigeon Point, Minnesota

Location
  
Lake Superior, Pigeon Bay

Pigeon Point is an isolated peninsula located at the northeast extremity of Minnesota, in Cook County, Minnesota, United States. To the north of the point lies Pigeon Bay, which shares a shoreline with Canada and to the south is Lake Superior. Pigeon Point is the closest mainland U.S. point to Isle Royale, on the far side of the water boundary between Minnesota and Michigan. The extreme end of the point is owned by the United States Coast Guard while the land up to the point is held by the Grand Portage Indian Reservation. The closest town to the point is Grand Portage, Minnesota which lies thirteen miles to the west. There are no roads that lead to this point and is only accessible by boat.

Map of Pigeon Point, Grand Portage, MN 55605, USA

The site is the namesake of the mineral pigeonite.

References

Pigeon Point, Minnesota Wikipedia