Beaver Islands

Beaver Islands is an island in Stearns, Minnesota. Beaver Islands is situated nearby to the locality Sherwood Manor, as well as near the town Saint Augusta.

Type: Island
Description: island in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States
Also known as: “Thousand Islands”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Husky Stadium and Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.

Husky Stadium

Stadium

Husky Stadium is a 4,400-seat multipurpose stadium located in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It was built in 2004 and is the home of the St. Cloud State University Huskies soccer teams.

Herb Brooks National Hockey Center

Sports venue

Photo: Xylem22, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, also known as the Brooks Center, is a 6,000+ seat ice hockey arena that can seat up to 8,000 in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

The St. Cloud Dam is a dam across the Mississippi River in the town of St. Cloud, Minnesota, in the United States. The dam is 23.3 feet high and features a three-foot flip-up gate on its top to raise the water level and dragon's teeth at the bottom which are used to disperse energy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Cloud and Sauk Rapids.

Saint Cloud

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Saint Cloud is a city in Central Minnesota with a population of 68,000. Although it may have few attractions to draw the tourist, it is a nexus of medical advances, particularly in orthopedics.

Sauk Rapids

Town

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Sauk Rapids is a city in Benton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,862 at the 2020 census and is 13,896 according to 2021 census estimates, about a third of Benton County's population. Sauk Rapids is situated 4 miles north of Beaver Islands.

Waite Park

Town

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Waite Park is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 8,341 at the 2020 census. Waite Park is situated 4½ miles west of Beaver Islands.

Beaver Islands

Category: landform
Location: Stearns, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

45.53413° or 45° 32′ 3″ north

Longitude

-94.14943° or 94° 8′ 58″ west

Elevation

961 feet (293 metres)

Open location code

86Q7GVM2+M6

GeoNames ID

5017608

Wikidata ID

Q34667209

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In Other Languages

“Beaver Islands” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Beaver Islands”

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Localities in the Area

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