Whale Creek

Whale Creek is a stream in Cook, Minnesota.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Eagle Mountain and Whale Lake.

Peak

Eagle Mountain is the highest natural point in Minnesota, United States, at 2,301 feet. It is in northern Cook County in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Superior National Forest in the Misquah Hills, northwest of Grand Marais. Eagle Mountain is situated 1½ miles north of Whale Creek.

Photo: Greyduk, Public domain.

Whale Lake is a lake in Cook County in what is known as the Arrowhead Region of northern Minnesota. It is within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of the Superior National Forest, at the base of Eagle Mountain, Minnesota's highest point.

Latitude

47.87239° or 47° 52′ 21″ north

Longitude

-90.5565° or 90° 33′ 23″ west

Elevation

1,752 feet (534 metres)

Open location code

86VFVCCV+XC

GeoNames ID

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