Nicollet Island
Nicollet Island is an island in the Mississippi River just north of Saint Anthony Falls in central Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to the United States Census Bureau the island has a land area of 194,407 square metres and a 2000 census population of 144 persons.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: SusanLesch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
- Also known as: “Wita Washte”
Places of Interest
Highlights include De La Salle High School and Grain Belt Beer Sign.
De La Salle High School
School
Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.
DeLaSalle High School is a Catholic, college preparatory high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is located on Nicollet Island.
Grain Belt Beer Sign
Historic site
Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grain Belt Beer Sign is a historic sign on Nicollet Island in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It was originally built as a neon sign displaying a bottle cap of Grain Belt beer for the Marigold Ballroom in 1941.
Hennepin Avenue Bridge
Bridge
Photo: sprakope, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Hennepin Avenue Bridge is a suspension bridge that carries Hennepin County State Aid Highway 52, Hennepin Avenue, across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, at Nicollet Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint Anthony Falls Historic District and St. Anthony West.
Saint Anthony Falls Historic District
Photo: DocGizmo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Saint Anthony Falls Historic District is an area of Minneapolis, nestled between downtown, Northeast Minneapolis, and Southeast Minneapolis. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
St. Anthony West
Neighborhood
Saint Anthony West is a neighborhood in the Northeast community of Minneapolis.
Downtown Minneapolis
Photo: Joel Penner, CC BY 2.0.
Downtown is the central business district of Minneapolis. It is sprinkled with architecturally interesting skyscrapers, most of which are interconnected, mainly on the second level above the street level, by a growing web of skyways, now approaching eight miles in total length.
Nicollet Island
- Categories: river island, island, locality, and landform
- Location: Hennepin, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.98746° or 44° 59′ 15″ northLongitude
-93.26267° or 93° 15′ 46″ westElevation
833 feet (254 metres)Named after
Joseph NicolletOpen location code
86P8XPPP+XWOpenStreetMap ID
way 95776526OpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5039257Wikidata ID
Q4320729
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Satellite Map
Discover Nicollet Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Nicollet Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Nicollet uhartea”
- Cebuano: “Nicollet Island”
- Dutch: “Nicollet Island”
- Hebrew: “האי ניקולט”
- Russian: “Николлет (остров)”
- Russian: “Николлет”
- Russian: “остров Николлет”
- Spanish: “isla Nicollet”
- Spanish: “Isla Nicollet”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nicollet Island”. Photo: SusanLesch, CC BY-SA 3.0.