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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...
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  • adjacent Grand Portage National Monument, designated a National Monument in 1958, lies entirely within the boundaries of the Grand Portage Ojibwe Indian...
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    painter, sculptor Grand Portage National Monument Grand Portage, Minnesota – Unorganized Territory of Cook County Grand Portage (community), Minnesota...
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  • Cook County (population 565). The Grand Portage National Monument is adjacent to the community. Grand Portage State Park is nearby on the banks of the...
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    thence up the same to the portage..."). One historically important fur trade portage is now Grand Portage National Monument. Recreational canoeing routes...
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    either end are preserved in nearby Grand Portage National Monument. The state park, held by the surrounding Grand Portage Indian Reservation and leased to...
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    historically important fur trade portage is now Grand Portage National Monument. Recreational canoeing routes often include portages between lakes, for example...
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  • Grand Portage National Monument, on the north shore of Lake Superior in northeastern Minnesota, preserves a vital center of fur trade activity and Anishinaabeg...
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    "Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument". Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved December 27, 2020.[permanent dead link] "Grand Portage National Monument"...
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    the subject of many photographs. List of individual trees Grand Portage National Monument Guy Sternberg; James Wesley Wilson; Jim Wilson (2004). Native...
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    This gives visitors on a tight schedule time to visit the Grand Portage National Monument or other attractions in the same day. The Ranger III is a 165 ft...
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    The Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument (GSENM) is a United States national monument protecting the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau,...
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    Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument (sometimes referred to as Parashant National Monument) is located on the northern edge of the Grand Canyon in...
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    was formed. The North West Company built forts on Lake Superior at Grand Portage, Fort William, Nipigon, the Pic River, the Michipicoten River, and Sault...
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    the river. This historic area is protected as a part of the Grand Portage National Monument. Up to the 19th century, the river was a primary water route...
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    Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Voyageurs National Park and Grand Portage National Monument. Protected areas in Ontario include Quetico and La...
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    waterfall called the Kettle. Grand Portage State Park, which is near but not the same as Grand Portage National Monument, includes the High Falls on the...
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    portage known as the Oneida Carry during the French and Indian War. Fort Stanwix National Monument, a reconstructed structure built by the National Park...
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    In the United States, a national monument is a protected area that can be created from any land owned or controlled by the federal government by proclamation...
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    to the areas today known as Grand Portage National Monument, Apostle Islands National Monument, and Isle Royale National Park. By 1859, Johnson had returned...
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    Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument is a U.S. national monument spanning 87,563 acres (137 sq mi) of mountains and forestland in northern Penobscot...
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    Height of Land Portage is a portage along the historic Boundary Waters route between Canada and the United States. Located at the border of the Canadian...
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    Michigan - southeast/EST Border Cascade River State Park Grand Portage National Monument Judge C. R. Magney State Park Kodunce River State Wayside Area...
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    Lake Fur trade Grand Portage National Monument, historic Voyageur site Lake of the Woods North American fur trade Voyageurs National Park Association...
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    Canoe pack (redirect from Portage pack)
    Woolworth, Alan R. (1993). An historical study of the Grand Portage, Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota (PDF) (Thesis). Minnesota Historical Society...
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  • excavated, and rebuilt in the 1950s by the Knights of Columbus. Grand Portage National Monument is on Lake Superior's north shore and preserves a vital center...
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  • state. Pigeon River is located within the Grand Portage Indian Reservation. The Grand Portage National Monument is nearby. All of the county is zoned to...
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    Trade at "the Great Carrying Place" (PDF). Grand Marais, Minnesota: Grand Portage National Monument, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons has media...
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    Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, La Verendrye Provincial Park, and Grand Portage National Monument. English-French animosity prevented Europeans from returning...
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    Official Units of the National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service. As...
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