American National Park Voyageurs in northern Minnesota near the town of International Falls
Voyageurs National Park is an American national park in northern Minnesota near the town of International Falls established in 1975.
The park's name commemorates the voyageurs—French-Canadian fur traders who were the first European settlers to frequently travel through the area.
The park is notable for its outstanding water resources and is popular with canoeists, kayakers, other boaters, and fishermen.
The Kabetogama Peninsula, which lies entirely within the park and makes up most of its land area, is accessible only by boat.
To the east of the park lies the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
The park has several boat ramps and visitor centers on its periphery, though the main body of the park is only accessible by boat or, in the winter, by snowmobile, ski, or snowshoe.
In 2018, the park hosted 239,656 visitors.
Voyageurs National Park is located on the Canadian Shield, with the rocks averaging between 1 and 3 billion years old.
Formed during the early ages of the earth formation, the rocks of the park were compressed, and folded under tremendous pressure.
Then molten flows of lava intruded through the layers creating a mosaic of various gneiss and granites.
Over time, additional layers of sedimentary rocks developed on top, to be stripped away by the continental glaciers of the Wisconsin Glacial epoch and earlier
Most of the rocks in the park belong to the Archeon Quetico Subprovince, of the Superior Physiographic province, associated with the Kenoran Orogeny.
These consist of schists and gneisses in the west and central portion of the park, and granitic rocks of the Vermillion Granitic Complex in the east and southeast.
The Kabetogama-Kenora dike swarm follows a northwesterly trending Precambrian fault system.
The northwest corner of the park contains metamorphosed rocks of the Wabigoon subprovince, which form a northeast trending greenstone belt.
A lateral strike-slip fault separates the two subprovinces, referred to as the Rainy Lake-Seine River fault zone.
It is this northwest area of the park, on the Kabetogama peninsula, which saw a gold rush from 1893 to 1898.
The Little American Mine, on Little American Island, is one of 13 abandoned mines within park boundaries.
Terminal moraines are found in the southern portion of the park, while the northern portion contains glacially scoured lake basins, but accumulations of glacial outwash and glacial till less than 100 feet is the norm.
Lake Agassiz deposits are evident within the park, while glacial striations and glacial erratics are common.
The largest city near Voyageurs National Park is International Falls, Minnesota.
Unlike many other national parks, where the main access to the park is by motor vehicle, bicycle or foot, the primary access to Voyageurs is via water.
Many visitors travel by kayaks and canoes, while others rent houseboats or take a guided tour boat.
The park has three visitor centers for obtaining information, viewing films, and seeing exhibits about the park's geology, wildlife, plants, and history: Ash River – open seasonally, late May to late September; located on the park's southern boundary about 11 miles from U.S.
Route 53 on Saint Louis County Road 129 ; Kabetogama Lake – open seasonally, late May to late September; located in the Kabetogama community on the southwestern edge of the park about 3 miles from U.S.
Route 53 on Saint Louis County Roads 122 and 123; Rainy Lake – open all year; located 12 miles east of International Falls at the end of Koochiching County Road 96, off State Highway 11
Visitor centers The park encompasses all or part of four major lakes: Rainy Lake - 60 miles long, 929 miles of shoreline, 227,604 acres , 161 feet max depth Kabetogama Lake - 15 miles long, 78 miles of shoreline, 25,760 acres , 80 feet max depth Namakan Lake - 16 miles long, 146 miles of shoreline, 25,130 acres , 150 feet max depth Sand Point Lake - 8 miles long, 92 miles of shoreline, 5,179 acres , 184 feet max depthOf these, Namakan, Rainy and Sand Point lakes straddle the United States-Canada border.
Lake Namakan and Sand Point Lake are accessible only by boat except in the winter.
The southern boundary of the park is the northern shore of Crane Lake.
The park has many smaller lakes, especially on the Kabetogama peninsula.
The most popular of these are on the Locator Lakes trail.
Campsites are maintained by the National Park Service and are accessible only by water.
The 282 sites are classified as frontcountry or backcountry tent, houseboat, or day-use sites; all are designated by signs.
Tenters may not camp in houseboat sites or day-use sites.
Maps showing the location of these sites are available at the visitor centers.
Voyageurs National Park (2018)
Sculptor-Engraver Joseph Menna discusses his work on the Voyageurs National Park coin, the third release in the 2018 America the Beautiful Quarters collection.
Chain of Lakes Snowmobile Trail
The Chain of Lakes Snowmobile Trail goes through the back country of the Kabetogama Peninsula in Voyageurs National Park.
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Voyageurs National Park
00:00:55 1 Geology
00:02:50 2 Access
00:04:11 3 Waters
00:05:55 4 Activities
00:06:04 4.1 Camping
00:06:48 4.2 Fishing
00:07:38 4.3 Boating
00:08:14 4.4 Hiking
00:08:36 4.5 In winter
00:11:30 5 Wildlife
00:12:04 6 History
00:12:34 6.1 First inhabitants
00:13:21 6.2 The Fur Trade
00:14:11 6.3 Logging
00:15:19 6.4 The Rainy Lake gold rush
00:16:44 6.5 Settlement and recreation
00:17:35 6.6 Commercial Fishing
00:18:40 7 Points of interest
00:18:49 7.1 Rainy Lake sites
00:21:24 7.2 Kabetogama Lake sites
00:21:59 7.3 Namakan Lake sites
00:23:14 7.4 Sand Point/Crane Lake sites
00:24:13 8 Weather
00:24:21 9 Warnings and safety
00:24:31 9.1 Boating safety
00:25:18 9.2 Winter
00:25:47 10 See also
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Voyageurs National Park is an American national park in northern Minnesota near the town of International Falls established in 1975. The park's name commemorates the voyageurs—French-Canadian fur traders who were the first European settlers to frequently travel through the area. The park is notable for its outstanding water resources and is popular with canoeists, kayakers, other boaters, and fishermen. The Kabetogama Peninsula, which lies entirely within the park and makes up most of its land area, is accessible only by boat. To the east of the park lies the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
The park has several boat ramps and visitor centers on its periphery, though the main body of the park is only accessible by boat or, in the winter, by snowmobile, ski, or snowshoe. In 2017, the park hosted 237,250 visitors.
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Grand Portage National Monument is a United States National Monument located on the north shore of Lake Superior in northeastern Minnesota that preserves a vital center of fur trade activity and Anishinaabeg Ojibwe heritage.
The Grand Portage is an 8.5 mi footpath which bypasses a set of waterfalls and rapids on the last 20 mi of the Pigeon River before it flows into Lake Superior. This path is part of the historic trade route of the French-Canadian voyageurs and coureur des bois between their wintering grounds and their depots to the east.
Composed of the Pigeon River and other strategic interior streams, lakes, and portages, this route was of enormous importance in pre-industrial times. It provided quick water access from Canada's settled areas and Atlantic ports to the fur-rich North-Western Territory. Some 50 mi upstream from Lake Superior, this trade route crosses the Height of Land Portage, on the Northern continental divide, and connects South Lake in the Pigeon River/Great Lakes watershed with North Lake of the Rainy River watershed. Grand Portage therefore was an essential link between the drainage basin of the Nelson River to Arctic Ocean and that of the Saint Lawrence River to the Atlantic Ocean.
As early as 2,000 years ago, Indian Nations probably used Gichi-onigaming, or “the Great Carrying Place”, to travel from summer homes on Lake Superior to winter hunting grounds in the interior of Minnesota and Ontario. In 1729 Cree guide Auchagah drew a map for some of the first French fur traders, to show them how to reach the western sea of Lake Winnipeg. In time, Grand Portage became the gateway into rich northern fur-bearing country, where it connected remote interior outposts to lucrative international markets.
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