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Grand Portage National Monument
Ollie #1 of 4 attractions in Grand Portage
4.5 of 5 stars 16 reviews
Owner description: On a hot sultry day in mid-July 1802, partners of the most successful fur trade company in North America, the North West Company, met in their...... more » Owner description: On a hot sultry day in mid-July 1802, partners of the most successful fur trade company in North America, the North West Company, met in their majestic Great Hall at Grand Portage and voted to move their summer headquarters from the protected shores of Lake Superior’s Grand Portage Bay 50 miles north to the mouth of the Kaministquia River. Almost from the time the vigorous Anglo-Scot Nor’Westers had organized at Grand Portage in the mid 1780’s an emerging United States wanted them out. The July vote would mean that 18 buildings constructed from native squared spruce, pine and birch and over 2,000 cedar pickets surrounding them would be torn down, transported north in company schooners and used in constructing the new Fort William far from U.S. soil. As early as 2,000 years ago, Indian Nations probably used Kitchi Onigaming “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 showing them how to reach the "western sea" of Lake Winnipeg. Other Europeans would follow, in time, Grand Portage became the gateway into rich northern fur bearing country connecting remote interior outposts to lucrative international markets. Reopened in 1951 as Grand Portage National Historic Site, designated a National Monument in 1958, its nearly 710 acres lying entirely within the boundaries of Grand Portage Ojibwe Indian Reservation, the reconstructed depot celebrates fur trade and Ojibwe lifeways. Today as yesterday, the people, the cultures and the land have much to share. « less
Attraction type  Monuments/ Statues; Museums
Distance  33.4 miles from city center
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Grand Portage State Park
Ollie #2 of 4 attractions in Grand Portage
4.5 of 5 stars 7 reviews
Managed by the Ojibwe tribe, this area leads to Minnesota's tallest waterfalls.
Attraction type  State Parks
Distance  0.9 miles from city center
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High Falls
Ollie #3 of 4 attractions in Grand Portage
4.5 of 5 stars 4 reviews
Minnesota's tallest waterfall at 120 feet.
Attraction type  Waterfalls
Distance  2.5 miles from city center
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Pigeon River
Ollie #4 of 4 attractions in Grand Portage
4 of 5 stars 1 review
Site of High Falls, Minnesota's tallest waterfalls.
Attraction type  Bodies of Water
Distance  0.9 miles from city center
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