Northland Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Northland Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 169 at the 2010 census.

U.S. Highway 53 serves as a main route in the township.

The community of Canyon is located within Northland Township.

Canyon is located 27 miles north of the city of Duluth at the junction of U.S. Highway 53 and Harris Road (County Road 737).

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of ; is land and , or 1.89%, is water.

Hellwig Creek flows through the eastern portion of Northland Township.

The following are adjacent to Northland Township :

The extreme eastern portion of Northland Township is located within the Cloquet Valley State Forest of Saint Louis County.

U.S. Highway 53 runs north–south through the township.

Saint Louis County Highway 133 (CR 133) runs east–west through the middle of Northland Township; the roadway continues west to Meadowlands.

County Road 232 runs east–west through the northwest portion of the township.

County Road 49 runs east–west through the northeast portion of Northland Township.

County Road 737 (Harris Road) runs east–west through the southeast portion of the township.

County Road 725 (Birch Road) runs east–west along Northland Township's southern boundary line with adjacent New Independence Township.

As of the census