NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
- FARGO, N D
Updated: August 23, 2000
GEOLOGY 301
LAKE SUPERIOR FIELD COURSE:
PROPOSED ITINERARY
SATURDAY, SEPT. 9: FARGO TO CARLTON, MINNESOTA
- Meet at Stevens Hall parking lot at 6:00 a.m. to load bus. Bus departs at 6:30 a.m.
- STOP: Campbell strand of Glacial Lake Agassiz.
- STOP: Wadena drumlin field.
- STOP: Animikie Group sediments at Jay Cooke State Park.
- STOP: Jay Cooke State Park, Carlton, Minn. Main campground. Showers.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 10: CARLTON TO LUTSEN, MN, ALONG U.S. 61
- STOP: Duluth Complex at Duluth (several stops along Skyline Parkway).
- STOP: North Shore Volcanic Group, Lester River, Duluth, Minn.
- STOP: North Shore Volcanic Group, Gooseberry Falls St. Park.
- STOP: Beaver Bay Complex, Silver Bay, Minnesota.
- STOP: North Shore Volcanic Group, Tettegouche St. Park.
- STOP: Cascade River State Park. Group camping. Showers.
MONDAY, SEPT. 11: GEOLOGY OF THE GUNFLINT TRAIL
- STOPS: Multiple stops (to be determined) along Gunflint Trail.
- STOP: Cascade River State Park. Group camping. Showers.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 12:LUTSEN, MN, TO NIPIGON, ONTARIO
- STOP: Interflow sandstone of the North Shore Volcanic Group.
- STOP: Tombolo north of Grand Marais.
- STOP: Rove Fm., Logan group, at Mount Josephine roadcut of US 61.
- CANADIAN CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION.
- STOP: Rove Fm on Sibley Peninsula east of Thunder Bay.
- STOP: Pass Lake Fm at Pass Lake, Ontario.
- STOP: Ontario Gem Amethyst Co. Mine, near Pearl, Ontario.
- STOP: Nipigon River Campground, Nipigon, Ontario. (Group camping, primitive).
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13: NIPIGON TO KAKABEKA FALLS, ONTARIO
- STOP: Sibley group and Logan sills east of Nipigon, Ontario.
- STOP: Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park. Logan sill, etc.
- STOP: Lakehead University Field House. Showers?
- STOP: Kakabeka Falls Prov. Pk., Ont. Gunflint Fm. (Group camping, primitive).
THURSDAY, SEPT. 14: KAKABEKA FALLS, ONTARIO, TO ITL. FALLS, MN
- STOP: Pillowed greenstones at Swamp River near Shebandowan.
- STOP: Migmatites, etc. at Pilchers Gas Station, Hwy 11.
- STOP: Steep Rock Iron Mine near Atikokan. Stromatolites, mineral collecting.
- STOP: Stretched conglomerates, etc. at Seine River region.
- U.S. CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINN.
- STOP: International Voyageurs Campground, Itl. Falls, Minn. (Camping, showers).
- STOP: Group pizza party?
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15: INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINN., TO FARGO
- STOP: Soudan Underground Mine State Park, at Soudan, Minnesota. Underground tour.
- STOP: Lake Vermilion Fm metasediments, Tower, Minn.
- STOP: Lake Vermilion Fm metasediments, Tower, Minn.
- STOP: Lake Vermilion Fm metasediments, Tower, Minn.
- Arrive back in Fargo at 10 P.M. (?)
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