Memories of Cloquet's old parks

Driving through Cloquet over the last few weeks of 2018, I began reminiscing about days gone by. I pondered all the old landmarks that have disappeared and now live only in old pictures, and the memories of those who were lucky enough to have been around to remember them.

This whole thought process was triggered when I drove by the new skate park at Athletic Park.

The skate park sits right where the old hockey rink used to be, and I thought of all the fun times playing hockey on that rink as a kid. While the new playground equipment is beautiful and the skate park is fantastic, it made me a bi...