Remer

History

A post office called Remer has been in operation since 1904. The city was named for its first postmaster, William P. Remer. Remer is also the location of the Thunder Lake Lodge, where Al Capone stayed on his vacations to Minnesota. The room he stayed in was named McCleary Cabin, which was originally built in 1912. In 2009, a motion-activated camera captured a picture of what some consider Bigfoot in an area near Remer. Late in World War II, a logging camp manned by prisoners of war was at the site of an old CCC camp near Remer. Up until 1959, the Soo Line provided passenger rail service at Remer station. The town claims to have had Bigfoot sightings since the late 1800s, and holds a [http://www.homeofbigfoot.com/About-Us.html Bigfoot Days] celebration each summer. The All Gas No Brakes series released a video documenting the 2020 festival.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of , all land. The elevation is 1,342 ft (409 m) above sea level.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• white-tailed deer

  Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann, 1780) · Mammalia
  824
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  283
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  272
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  269
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  217
• Common Yellowthroat

  Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  194
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  181
• Red-eyed Vireo

  Vireo olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  175

Largest nearby schools

• Northland Elementary
  Elementary · REMER · 197 students · 9.4:1 ratio
• NORTHLAND SECONDARY
  High · REMER · 157 students · 13.1:1 ratio
• LITTLE SAND
  High · REMER · 8 students · 8:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2024-03-07
  7 km S of Buhl, Minnesota
• M 2.7 — 2024-01-05
  4 km NNW of Buhl, Minnesota
• M 3 — 2021-08-10
  3 km N of Chisholm, Minnesota
• M 3.1 — 2021-08-04
  5 km NW of Hibbing, Minnesota
• M 3.2 — 2021-07-22
  3 km NW of Buhl, Minnesota
• M 3 — 2021-05-19
  7 km N of Warba, Minnesota