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A 73RD STATE PARK?
Where: 100 miles north of Duluth
How big: Roughly 2,500 acres, adding 5 miles of shoreline.
Status: Currently not in any spending bills.
Why now: U.S. Steel has given the state until July to act. The company otherwise will build more than 100 luxury homes on the tract.
Estimated total cost: Between $35 million and $100 million.
Historic fact: It would be the first major new state park since Tettegouche opened on Lake Superior in 1979.
See the DNR's site on the proposed Lake Vermilion State Park at www.startribune/a4381
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