Beaver Bay is a city in Lake County, Minnesota, United States.

Beaver Bay is the oldest settlement on the North Shore of Lake Superior.

[6] The community is also the home of the annual John Beargrease Dog Sled Race.

Split Rock Lighthouse State Park is 5 miles southwest of Beaver Bay.

38.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

38.3% were of Norwegian, 11.7% German, 9.2% American, 9.2% Swedish, 5.8% Finnish, 5.0% English, and 5.0% Irish ancestry.

Individuals comprised 40.9% of all households, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 15.9% of families and 21.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 44.0% of those under the age of eighteen and 7.4% of those sixty-five or over.