Grand Portage National Monument includes the archeological remains with several reconstructed fur trade era buildings inside a stockade of the Northwest Company supply depot on Lake Superior, the site of Fort Charlotte on the Pigeon River nine miles west, and the Grand Portage footpath connecting the two posts. Grand Portage continues to be home place for the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, of tribal and family history and cultural persistence.
Location:
211 Mile Creek Road, Grand Portage Minnesota 55605
Telephone
218-387-2788
Other History nearby:
(Grand Portage) Grand Portage Historical Monument
(Thunder Bay) Old Fort William
(Thunder Bay) Paipoonge Museum
(Thunder Bay) Thunder Bay Military Museum
(Thunder Bay) Thunder Bay Museum
(Thunder Bay) Timmins Museum/National Exhibit Centre
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04/24 Coming to The Grand Portage area
Finnfest USA Hancock MI June19-23 FinnFest USA is a festival with strong academic, cultural, and commerce components presenting Finnish and Finnish American culture and heritage.
Apple Festival Bayfield WI October4-6 Apple Festival has been hailed as the “Best Festival in Wisconsin” by Wisconsin Trails Magazine and one of the “Top Ten Autumn Festivals in North America” by the Society of American Travel Writers.
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