Frenchmans Bluff

Summit in Minnesota

Frenchmans Bluff is a summit in Norman County, Minnesota, in the United States.[1] With an elevation of 1,339 feet (408 m), Frenchmans Bluff is the 62nd highest summit in the state of Minnesota.[2]

Frenchmans Bluff was so named on account of early pioneers finding abandoned log cabins they believed to have been built by French fur traders.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frenchmans Bluff
  2. ^ "Frenchmans Bluff". Peakery.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 384.

External links

  • Frenchman's Bluff Scientific and Natural Area–Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
  • Frenchman's Bluff Scientific and Natural Area–The Nature Conservancy
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47°11′44″N 96°10′28″W / 47.19556°N 96.17444°W / 47.19556; -96.17444

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