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