What is North Star (disambiguation)?
'''[[North Star]]''' is the prominent star that is closest in the sky to the north celestial pole. It appears just about directly overhead to an observer at the Earth's North Pole. '''North Star''' may also be: ==Places== In '''Australia''': * [[North Star, New South Wales]], Australia In '''Canada''': * [[North Star Hotel]], a hotel in Vancouver, Canada In the '''United States''': * [[Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska]] * [[North Star, California]] * [[North Star, Delaware]] * [[North Star, Ohio]] * [[North Star, Wisconsin]] * [[North Star Township, Michigan]] * [[North Star Township, Brown County, Minnesota]] * [[North Star Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota]] * [[North Star Mall]], a shopping center in San Antonio, Texas ==Newspapers== * [[North Star (anti-slavery newspaper)|''North Star'' (anti-slavery newspaper)]], an anti-slavery newspaper published from 1847 to 1851 by the escaped slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass * The ''North Star'', a slip edition for Ross & Cromarty of the [[Inverness]]-based ''[[Highland News]]'' ==Transportation== * [[MS North Star|MS ''North Star'']], a small expedition ship operated by Lindblad Expeditions for cruising in remote areas * [[North Star (aircraft)]], a passenger aircraft manufactured by Canadair for Trans Canada Airlines * North Star, a brand name of [[NZ Bus]] in Auckland, New Zealand, providing services between the Northern suburbs and the central city * ''North Star'', a vessel borrowed by the U.S. Navy during World War II and renamed [[USS Crossbill (AMc-9)|USS ''Crossbill'']] * ''North Star'' was the name given to four different locomotives of the Great Western Railway (GWR): ** [[North Star (broad gauge locomotive)|''North Star'' (broad gauge locomotive, 1837–71)]], a locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson and one of the first to run on the Great Western Railway ** ''North Star'' (1866–1902), one of the [[GWR 378 Class]] locomotives; named {{circa|1871}} and name removed {{circa|1897}} ** ''North Star'' (1898–1912), one of the [[GWR 3031 Cla