Grand Portage National Monument
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Contact Information:
Grand Portage National Monument
P.O. Box 426
170 Mile Creek Road
Grand Portage, MN 55605
218-475-0123
http://www.nps.gov/grpo/
Size: 710 acres
Location: Grand Portage National Monument is located on the northwestern shore of Lake Superior, 7 miles south of the United States-Canada border and 36 miles north of Grand Marias, Minnesota. Park entrance is one mile from MN 61.
Description: This 9-mile portage was a vital link on one of the principal routes for Indians, explorers, missionaries, and fur traders heading for the Northwest. The Grand Portage post of the North West Company has been reconstructed at the eastern terminus of the Grand Portage on Lake Superior.
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Operating Hours: From Saturday of Memorial weekend through Monday of Columbus Holiday, Grand Portage National Monument is open daily 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The park headquarters, located in the old coast guard building in Grand Marais, is open year round from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. The Grand Portage, Mount Rose Trail and trails outside the stockade are open year round from dawn until dusk. The annual Rendezvous Days and Pow Wow, the height of the season at Grand Portage National Monument, is always the second full weekend in August.
History: Designated as a national historic site on September 15, 1951; changed to national monument by act of Congress on September 2, 1958.
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