Carlton Peak is a summit in the Sawtooth Mountains

Sawtooth Mountains (Minnesota)

The Sawtooth Mountains are a range of low, serrated ridges situated on the North Shore of Lake Superior in the U.S. state of Minnesota, extending about 30 miles from Carlton Peak near Tofte on the west, to Grand Marais on the east.-Description:...

 in southern Tofte Township, Cook County

Cook County, Minnesota

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, in northeastern Minnesota

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 in the United States

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. In 1848 Reuben B. Carlton of Fond du Lac, Minnesota ascended the peak with Col. Charles Whittlesey

Charles Whittlesey (geologist)

Charles Whittlesey was a soldier, geologist and an investigator of mounds relics of the United States.-Biography:...

, who was participating in a geological survey expedition. In appreciation, Whittlesey named the mountain in Carlton's honor.
Carlton Peak (south and east side at least) is now a Day Use area of Temperance River State Park and requires a valid Minnesota State Park sticker per sign on road south side of peak.