Chisago County (pop. 53,887) is east of Isanti County and across the St. Croix River from Wisconsin.
The county got its name from Lake Chisago, which came from the Ojibwe word “Ki-chi-saga-igun,” meaning “big lake with an outlet.”
The adjacent towns of Chisago City, Lindstrom, and Center City are surrounded by lakes.
Center City is Minnesota’s second-smallest county seat, with a population of 628.
Lindstrom (pop. 4,442) is known as “America’s Little Sweden.”
The setting for Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg’s “The Emigrants” novels was Chisago County. Moberg published the four novels between 1949 and 1959.
Lindstrom celebrates its Swedish heritage with Karl Oskar Days every July. Karl Oskar Nilsson was the main character in the “Emigrant” novels.
Taylors Falls (pop. 976), on the St. Croix River, has many historic buildings from the mid-19th century, including the oldest public school building in the state.
Taylors Falls Scenic Boat Tours has excursions through the Dalles of the St. Croix River in Interstate State Park (in both Minnesota and Wisconsin).
Seven miles north of Taylors Falls is Wild Mountain, which has skiing and snowboarding in the winter and waterslides and alpine slides in the summer.
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This may be my 2nd favorite report.(next to Koochiching)..I have a good friend named Lindstrom and will send it to her.
are you sure that Max Von Sydow isn’t just Robert Redford’s stage name in Sweden? Taylor Falls looks charming – those old buildings must be beautiful!