Beaver Bay, Minnesota

About Beaver Bay

Beaver Bay is a tiny community in northeastern Minnesota with an estimated population of 122.

Beaver Bay holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.8 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 153 residents per square mile.

📰 Beaver Bay News Today

• State Auditor finds issues in Beaver Bay's financial records after voters ask for review fox21online.com · Jul 14
• NOTICE OF FILING FOR CITY OF BEAVER BAY ELECTION northshorejournal.co · Jul 16
• Flooding closes North Shore roads and trails Northern News Now · Apr 24
• Michael John MacArthur Obituary Feb 18, 2026 Legacy obituary · Mar 14
• The Ever-Changing Face of the North Shore | North Shore Journal | Two Harbors, Silver Bay & Lake Superior northshorejournal.co · Mar 25

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Beaver Bay Unique

• The only place in America named Beaver Bay — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in northeastern Minnesota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Minnesota — one of 915 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 24 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Big Chairs · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Beaver Bay

• Gooseberry Falls State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Iona's Beach Scientific and Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Split Rock Lighthouse State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Beaver Bay

🏘️ Nearby Communities