Editing Cook County, Minnesota (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Eagle Mountain, Minnesota.jpg|thumb|225px|[[Eagle Mountain (Minnesota)|Eagle Mountain]], the highest natural point in Minnesota at {{convert|2,301|ft|m}}, is located in northern Cook County.]]
Cook County is a rugged, heavily wooded triangle of land on Minnesota's northeastern tip. It abuts [[Canada]]'s southern border and is largely surrounded by the northern end of the Great Lakes. It is heavily dotted with lakes, ponds and streams.<ref name="CCM">[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cook+County,+MN/@47.8954886,-90.2651883,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x52a7eb3e40eeab69:0x1a1bd253b0ba433!8m2!3d47.6051056!4d-90.4931767 ''Cook County MN''  Google Maps (accessed March 6, 2019)]</ref> The state's highest point is in the county, at {{convert|2,301|ft|m|abbr=on}} ASL. The county has an area of {{convert|3340|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1452|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1887|sqmi}} (57%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_27.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019110737/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_27.txt |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |access-date=October 6, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It is Minnesota's second-largest county by area. Minnesota's highest natural point, [[Eagle Mountain (Minnesota)|Eagle Mountain]] at {{convert|2301|ft}}, and the highest lake, [[Lake Abita]] at {{convert|2048|ft}}, are in Cook County. [[Lake Superior]] is at the county's southern border.

===Major highways===
* [[Image:MN-61.svg|20px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 61]]
* [[Image:Cook County 12 MN.svg|20px]] [[County Road 12 (Cook County, Minnesota)|Cook County Road 12]] – Gunflint Trail

===Adjacent counties===
Cook County is in the extreme northeast of the state at the tip of the [[Iron Range|Arrowhead region]]; it is adjacent to only one other county by land. Its geographic neighbors are:
* [[Rainy River District, Ontario]] [[Canada]] - northwest
* [[Thunder Bay District, Ontario]] [[Canada]] - northeast ([[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] Border east of the [[90th meridian west]])
* [[Lake County, Minnesota|Lake County]] - west
* [[Ashland County, Wisconsin]] - south
* [[Keweenaw County, Michigan]] - east/EST Border
* [[Ontonagon County, Michigan]] - southeast/EST Border

===Protected areas===
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* [[Cascade River State Park]]
* [[Grand Portage National Monument]]
* [[Judge C. R. Magney State Park]]
* Kodunce River State Wayside Area
* [[North Shore State Trail]] (part)
* [[Pat Bayle State Forest]]
* [[Superior National Forest]] (part)
** [[Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Temperance River State Park]]
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