Numedahl: A little world at the ‘top of the world’

Photo courtesy of Discover Cavalier County
Photo courtesy of Discover Cavalier County

Hidden among the wooded hills near the Canadian border was a Cavalier County community many people may have never heard of — Numedahl.

Named by Norwegian settlers for Norway’s Numedal Valley, the name is said to mean “beautiful valley between hills.” Once you know where it was located, the name makes perfect sense.

Numedahl was never incorporated as a town, but it became a little community of its ow…