Visitors get ready for a ride in a horsedrawn carriage near the Nicollet Island Inn.

Nicollet Island is an island in the Mississippi River just north of downtown Minneapolis, named for cartographer, Joseph Nicollet. The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Joseph Nicolas Nicollet ( July 24, 1786 &ndash September 11, 1843) also known as Jean-Nicolas Nicollet, was a French DeLaSalle High School and the Nicollet Island Inn are located there, as well as three mult-family residential buildings and twenty-two restored Victorian-era houses located on the north end of the island. DeLaSalle High School is a Catholic Secondary school located for its entire 108-year history on Nicollet Island, adjacent to downtown Minneapolis The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of Architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. The Inn was built in 1893 as the Island Sash and Door Company.

The Hennepin Avenue Bridge crosses the Mississippi here connecting Northeast Minneapolis to downtown. The Hennepin Avenue Bridge is the structure that carries Hennepin County State Aid Highway 52 Hennepin Avenue, across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis Minnesota Northeast is a defined community in the US city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, composed of 13 smaller neighborhoods whose street addresses end in "NE"

Bell of Two Friends; the nearby plaque says, "This sculpture represents a greatly enlarged half-mold of a dotaku bell found in Ibaraki, Japan. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region on Honshū Such bells date to the Yayoi period of Japanese history, approximately 2000 years ago. The is an era in the history of Japan from about 500 BC to 300 AD. The exact purpose of Dotaku bells is lost to history, but it is felt that they were largely ceremonial, rather than functional. are Japanese bells smelted from relatively thin Bronze and richly decorated The surface design of the bell suggests the importance of the ever-present waters and mountains of Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. "

The south end of the island is home to the Nicollet Island Pavillion and the Bell of Two Friends, a gift from the city of Ibaraki, Osaka Japan. is a city located in Osaka, Japan. It is a suburban city of Osaka city and a part of Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area. The pavilion was built in 1893 as the William Brothers Boiler Works. Nearby was a large Island Power building, which was razed in 1937. It house a variety of shops driven by a cable connected to a water-powered wheel near Hennepin Island. Hydropower, hydraulic power or water power is power that is derived from the Force or Energy of moving water which may

According to the United States Census Bureau the island has a land area of 194,407 square meters (0. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 075 square mile or 48. 04 acres) and a 2000 census population of 144 persons.

Gallery of images Nicollet Island

Lower end of Nicollet Island in 2006

Plaque on Merriam Street Bridge connecting Nicollet Island with St. Merriam Street Bridge is a Truss bridge that spans the east channel of the Mississippi River between Nicollet Island and the east bank of the river Anthony

Nicollet Island Inn

Nicollet Island Pavilion

Mississippi riverfront and Saint Anthony Falls in 1915. The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Saint Anthony Falls, or the Falls of Saint Anthony, located northeast of downtown Minneapolis Minnesota, was the only natural major Waterfall on the In the foreground to the right are Nicollet Island and the Hennepin Avenue Bridge, note the left side of the island, currently a park and the Nicollet Island Inn, is filled with milling buildings. The Hennepin Avenue Bridge is the structure that carries Hennepin County State Aid Highway 52 Hennepin Avenue, across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis Minnesota At left, Pillsbury, power plants and the Stone Arch Bridge. The Pillsbury "A" Mill, situated along Saint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis Minnesota, held the title of largest The Stone Arch Bridge is a former railroad bridge crossing the Mississippi River at Saint Anthony Falls in downtown Minneapolis Minnesota. Today the Minnesota Historical Society's Mill City Museum is in the Washburn "A" Mill, across the river just to the left of the falls. The Minnesota Historical Society is a private non-profit educational and cultural instutution dedicated to preserving the history of the state of Minnesota. The Washburn "A" Mill was the second-largest Flour mill in Minneapolis Minnesota. At center left are Northwestern Consolidated mills. Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company was an American flour milling company that operated about one quarter of the mills in Minneapolis Minnesota when The tall building is Minneapolis City Hall. Minneapolis City Hall and Hennepin County Courthouse (also known as the Municipal Building) designed by Long and Kees, is the main building used by the city government

External links

• Nicollet Island Home Page
• Nicollet Island Memorial Bridge
• Nicollet Island Inn