Theodore Roosevelt Presidential LibraryPublic Lands Directory

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Overview

Travel into the past to discover the present. Explore the partnership between the Grand Portage Anishinaabe and the North West Company during the North American fur trade. Experience the sights and smells of a bustling depot reconstructed in its historic location. See how it shaped co-management with the NPS today. Follow pathways to the past to imagine a drum echo over Gichigami - Lake Superior.

From the National Park Service

History

The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.

What to see and do

Activities

  • Arts and Culture
  • Craft Demonstrations
  • Cultural Demonstrations
  • Camping
  • Backcountry Camping
  • Canoe or Kayak Camping
  • Group Camping
  • Food
  • Picnicking
  • Guided Tours
  • Self-Guided Tours - Walking
  • Hiking
  • Backcountry Hiking
  • Front-Country Hiking
  • Living History
  • Reenactments
  • Paddling
  • Canoe or Kayak Camping
  • Junior Ranger Program
  • Skiing
  • Cross-Country Skiing
  • Wildlife Watching
  • Birdwatching
  • Park Film
  • Museum Exhibits
  • Shopping
  • Bookstore and Park Store
  • Gift Shop and Souvenirs

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Plan your visit

Hours

Trails & Grounds: The Anishinaabe Oodena (Ojibwe Village), the grounds outside of the palisade, and the Mount Rose and Grand Portage trails are open daily year-round.

Historic Depot: The Historic Site is open from Memorial Day weekend, holidays included, through Columbus Day, and closed the rest of the year.

Heritage Center: The Heritage Center serves as the monument's visitor center for information and houses a museum about the Grand Portage Anishinaabe and fur trade era.

Getting there

Traveling northeast or southwest on MN Hwy 61 visitors will see signs alerting the approach to Grand Portage National Monument. A right turn exit lane or left turn from Hwy 61 at the Grand Portage Trading Post will take visitors onto Casino Road. Turn left at the first stop sign from Casino Road to Mile Creek Road. About 3/4 mile on Mile Creek Road, look for the large wooden entrance sign. Turn left up the short hill into the Heritage Center parking lot.

Visitor centers

Campgrounds

  • Fort Charlotte Backcountry Campgrounds (2 sites) — reserve

Weather

Short, warm summers and long, cold winters define the climate of northern Minnesota. Average range of summer temperature is from 55°F to 78°F in July and average range of winter temperatures is from –11°F to 12°F in January. Average annual precipitation in Grand Portage, MN is about 32 inches.

Phone: (218) 475-0123

Whose lands these are

These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.

Photos

Historic buildings with a lawn in the foreground and hill in fall colors behind.
Great Hall in Autumn · NPS Photo
Log buildings, stockade fence and dock near a large lake.
Historic Depot from Mount Rose · NPS
People in historic clothing paddle a canoe in a bay in front of a stockade.
Voyageur Reenactment · NPS Photo / A. Nyiri
Moonrise over a lake with canvas tents in the foreground.
Rendezvous Encampment at Night · NPS Photo / A. Nyiri
Birch bark lodges among trees.
Ojibwe Village (Anishinaabe Odena) · NPS Photo
Sunflowers blossoms in front of log building
Seneca Sunflowers Canoe Warehouse · NPS Photo

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