211 Mile Creek Rd, PO Box 426, Grand Portage, MN 55605
Phone: 218-475-2202
Fax: 218-387-2790
Open All Year
Grand Portage was the center of the North American fur trade 300 years ago. The monument includes a reconstructed palisade with a great hall, a kitchen complex, and a canoe warehouse. An Ojibwe Village, a voyageur encampment and the ruins of Fort Charlotte are adjacent to the site. Trade goods are displayed for hands-on examination in the Great Hall. Reenactors recreate daily life at the depot as it readied for the rendezvous between the North West company men from Montreal and the voyageurs of the Canadian wilderness. Visitors can see a fur press in action, examine trade goods, visit with the fort cook in the kitchen, and watch craftsmen building birch bark canoes.
Grand Portage National Monument is located on the Grand Portage Indian Reservation, home of the Ojibwe band. Grand Portage grounds are available for snowshoeing or cross country skiing. Note: Mosquitoes, gnats, and black flies are abundant during spring and summer, especially in the back country. Primitive camping at no charge; however, a backcountry camping permit is required. There is a $3 admission to the monument with a maximum of $6 for a family.
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