Duluth, Minnesota at the western end of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, the Duluth–Superior seaport is the largest and farthest-inland freshwater seaport in North America. By far the largest and busiest on the Great Lakes, the port handles an average of 46 million short tons of cargo and over 1,100 visits each year from domestic and international vessels. With of waterfront, it is one of the leading bulk cargo ports in North America and ranks among the top 20 ports in the United States. Duluth is a major shipping port for taconite pellets, made from concentrated low-grade iron ore and destined for midwestern
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa new pipeline in exchange for a $260,000,000 Cash Settlement with the company. Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (or "Wayekwaa-gichigamiing Gichigamiwininiwag" in the Ojibwe language, meaning "Lake Superior Men at the far end of the Great Lake") is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) band located near Cloquet, Minnesota. Their land-base is the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation (Ojibwe language: "Nagaajiwanaang"), located mainly in Carlton and Saint Louis County, Minnesota, 20 miles west of Duluth. They are one of six bands who comprise the federally recognized Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, which was organized in