Recreation Areas

Minnesota Power has 10 hydroelectric generating stations and 16 reservoirs in Northern Minnesota.

These reservoirs - many created in the late 19th Century by logging companies to transport cut logs - encompass several thousand acres of land and water along major river networks: St. Louis, Whiteface, Cloquet, Kawishiwi, Crow Wing, Gull and Mississippi.

The reservoir system constitutes a major recreation resource, which Minnesota Power encourages the public to use by maintaining picnic areas, fishing access points, boat launches, canoe portages, recreation trails and camping sites.

Reservoir Recreation Area Maps