Koochiching Economic Development Authority
(800) 452-3569
3214 2nd Ave E. P.O. Box 138,International Falls, MN 56649
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Quick Facts for 6-18 KEDA Newsletter

July 2, 2018

QUICK FACTS FOR 6-18 KEDA NEWSLETTER

 

Duration of daylight on Rainy Lake on the Summer Solstice – 16 hours, 8 minutes.

Length of the Great Northern Transmission line bringing 500kV power from the Minnesota/Manitoba border to Northern Minnesota (through Koochiching County) – 224 miles.

Source of the name “Koochiching” – from the Ojibwe meaning “at the place of inlets”, or “mists of the inlet” referring to the falls that flowed from  Rainy Lake into Rainy River.

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