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), 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_, 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_
- _North Star_ was the name given to four different locomotives of the Great Western Railway (GWR):
    - _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  and name removed
    - _North Star_ (1898–1912), one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915; renamed _Bulkeley_ in 1906.
    - _North Star_ (1906–29), one of the GWR 4000 Class locomotives, rebuilt to 4073 Class in 1929
    - _North Star_ (1929–57), a GWR 4073 Class rebuilt from the above
- _North Star_ (Amtrak), a former train route in Minnesota

## Entertainment

- _North Star (1925 film)_ directed by Paul Powell.
- _The North Star (1943 film)_ directed by Lewis Milestone
- _North Star (1996 film)_ directed by Nils Gaup.
- "North Star" (_Star Trek: Enterprise_), a third-season episode of _Star Trek: Enterprise_
- "North Star" (_Glenn Martin, DDS_ episode), an episode of Glenn Martin, DDS
- "North Star", a song by Robert Fripp from the 1979 album _Exposure_
- "North Star", a song by Magnolia Electric Co. from the 2005 album _Trials & Errors_
- "North Star", an unreleased song by U2, only played live during their 360° Tour
- "North Star", a 1977 composition by Philip Glass
    - A cover of the Glass composition by Mike Oldfield on his 1979 album _Platinum_
- North Star Federation, a Cyber Nations alliance
- _Under the North Star_, novel trilogy by Finnish author Väinö Linna, published 1959–1962

## Company

- Beijing North Star, a conglomerate company in Beijing, China
- North Star Computers, a company established in 1976
- North Star Mine, Grass Valley, CA, USA
    - North Star Mine Powerhouse
    - North Star House (Grass Valley, California)
- North Star, brand of shoes owned by Bata Shoes

## Education

- North Star School District, a school district in Pennsylvania
- North Star (education), an Unschool based in Hadley, Massachusetts, United States
- North Star Middle School (disambiguation)

## Sports

- Minnesota North Stars, a team in the National Hockey League between 1967 and 1993
- Kildonan North Stars, a team in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League between 1976 and 1990

## Other

- VMware ThinApp, a product by VMware with the codename _VMware Project North Star_
- "North Star State", nickname of the U.S. state of Minnesota
- North Star (organization), a group for LGBT Mormons