Knife River, MN

Knife River is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Minnesota, United States; located on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The community is located between Duluth and Two Harbors on the North Shore Scenic Drive, at the mouth of the Knife River, from which it gets its name. Knife River is located 8 miles southwest of Two Harbors. The short version is that Knife River carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Knife River: its past remains attached to the places people use now. The boundary line between Lake and Saint Louis counties is nearby. Knife River is located within Lake No. 2 Unorganized Territory of Lake County. The community of Knife River was originally established in 1856 as Buchanan, located on the west side of the Knife River.