Minnesota » Grand Marais

Airport – Grand Marais MN

Project type: Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs
View Project in a Separate Window

Description

The federal Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to construct an airport for Grand Marais, Minnesota in 1933-4. Living New Deal believes this to be Grand Marais Cook County Airport, which is still in use today.

Source notes

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdl.reflections.coo00102;view=1up;seq=1

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 22, 2015.

We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal project site.

SUBMIT MORE INFORMATION OR PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THIS SITE

Location Info

Grand Marais Cook County Airport
Grand Marais, MN

Coordinates: 47.838333, -90.383057

One comment on “Airport – Grand Marais MN”

  1. Barbara Bezat January 29, 2016

    Cook County/Grand Marais built a new airport on a hill above the one cited here. The airport and facilities cited here, located on Devil Track Lake, are in use only for seaplanes.

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Before leaving a comment, please note:

  • Comments allow viewers to share information with others or alert us to errors or changes in a New Deal site.
  • We are not involved in the management of New Deal sites and have no information about visits, hours or rentals.
  • This page shows all the information we have for this site; if you have new information or photos to share, click below.

SUBMIT MORE INFORMATION OR PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THIS SITE

We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal project site.

Your email address will not be published.