Duquette, Minnesota

Duquette is an unincorporated community in Pine County, Minnesota, United States; located along the Willow River.

State Highway 23 (MN 23) serves as a main route in the community.

Duquette is the home of Jackie Berger Park; which includes campsites, ballfield, pavilion, tennis court, and fishing in the Willow River.

The park was named after a local young man who died on Omaha Beach on D-Day, 1944.

It was built on an early native American village site located at the southern terminus of the Willow–Nemadji Portage; the first European settlers were French Canadians, among them was the entrepreneur Frank Duquette, who built a sawmill and store.

Duquette Community Hall Association
Map of Minnesota highlighting Pine County