St. Louis County, is located in Northeastern Minnesota and is the home of 200,000 people living in small mining towns, farm communities, busy cities, and is known for its spectacular natural beauty, including Voyageurs National Park, Superior National Forest, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, four state parks including Minnesota's newest park on Lake Vermilion and 1,000 lakes, hundreds of miles of rivers including many trout streams and it is the gateway to Lake Superior's North Shore.