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Grand Portage

United States

Grand Portage

LocationUnited States
RegionMinnesota
TypeNational Monument
Coordinates47.9600°, -89.6800°
Established1951
Area3
Nearest CityGrand Marais (36 mi)
Major CityDuluth (150 mi)
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About Grand Portage

Grand Portage National Monument preserves a vital fur trade site where voyageurs and Native Americans transported goods around the unnavigable falls and rapids of the Pigeon River. The monument features a reconstructed stockade and Great Hall representing the North West Company's inland headquarters. The site demonstrates the important role of the Ojibwe people and French-Canadian voyageurs in the fur trade era. The monument is managed by the National Park Service.