Schroeder, Minnesota

Schroeder is an unincorporated community in Schroeder Township, Cook County, Minnesota, United States.

Schroeder
Unincorporated community
The Schroeder Lumber Company Bunkhouse
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Coordinates: 47°32′40″N 90°53′31″W
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Cook
Elevation	640 ft (200 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	55613
Area code(s)	218
GNIS feature ID	658185[1]

The community is located on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The Cross River flows through the center, or middle of Schroeder.

Schroeder is located 30 miles southwest of the city of Grand Marais; and 53 miles northeast of the city of Two Harbors.

Minnesota Highway 61 serves as a main route in the community.

Temperance River State Park and the Superior Hiking Trail are both nearby.

History

The Cross River Heritage Center in Schroeder

The community was named for John Schroeder, a lumber baron.[2] The Schroeder Lumber Company Bunkhouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, stands near the town. It is the last remaining structure of a logging camp that existed from 1895 through 1905.

At the mouth of the Cross River is the place where Frederic Baraga safely washed ashore on a boat during a storm in 1846. In thanks he left a cross, now replaced by a granite one.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Schroeder, Minnesota
2. Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 137.