Britt Community Historical Society

Britt Community Historical Society Louis County Highway 68 crosses the railroad tracks of the current Canadian National Railway.

The historical origins of Britt, Minnesota started in earnest in 1901 at what was then called “Lake Junction”; which was at that time the northernmost point of the railroad built from Virginia, MN toward Rainy Lake by the “Duluth, Virginia and Rainy Lake Railway. “ Lake Junction” was located where today St. From Lake Junction the “Sand Lake Line” was constructed in a westerly direction to the Sand

Lake area in 1901-02, and eventually further west to the Sturgeon Lake area for the purpose of moving timber to the mill in Virginia. It is along and on both sides of the “Sand Lake Line” that the community of Britt developed. Preservation of the historical origins and development of the Britt community started in earnest on March 14, 2008 with the creation of the BRITT COMMUNITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Britt Community Historical Society, now still in its infancy, will continue this effort of recording and updating the local history providing records of it for the future generations. It will only be accomplished by the members of the community, past, present, and future, in an effort to do so.

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Britt, MN
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