List of National Natural Landmarks in Minnesota facts for kids

From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in Minnesota. There are 8 in total.

	Name	Image	Date	Location	County	Ownership	Description
1	Ancient River Warren Channel		1966		Big Stone	mixed- state, private	A channel cut by the Ancient River Warren during the Ice Age. Extends into South Dakota.
2	Cedar Creek Natural History Area		1975		Anoka, Isanti	mixed- state, private	A relatively undisturbed area where tall grass prairie, eastern deciduous forest and boreal coniferous forest biomes meet.
3	Itasca Natural Area		1975		Clearwater	state (Itasca State Park)	Contains some of the finest remaining stands of virgin red pine, spruce- balsam fir, and maple-basswood-aspen forest.
4	Keeley Creek Natural Area		1965		Lake	federal (Superior National Forest)	A large tract of undisturbed mixed pine and black spruce forest.
5	Lac la Croix Research Natural Area		1980		St. Louis	federal (Superior National Forest)	Old-growth virgin pine forests.
6	Lake Agassiz Peatlands Natural Area		1965		Koochiching	state	An example of the extensive peatlands occupying the bed of ancient glacial Lake Agassiz.
7	Pine Point Research Natural Area		1975		Cass	federal (Chippewa National Forest)	Contains undisturbed stands of red and mixed pine.
8	Upper Red Lake Peatland		1975		Beltrami	mixed- federal, state, private, native	One of the largest peatlands remaining in the conterminous United States.