Contact Info
PO Box 426
Grand Portage, MN 55604
- Phone:
- 218-387-2788
- Phone:
- 218-475-2202
Basics
- Type:
- Other
Description
For over 400 years, Ojibwe families of Grand Portage have tapped maples every spring on a ridge located just off Lake Superior. During the summer, Ojibwe fishermen harvest in the same areas their forefathers have. Before the United States and Canada existed, the trading of furs, ideas and genes between the Ojibwe and French and English fur traders flourished.
Hours + Fees
Hours:
From Saturday of Memorial weekend through Monday of Columbus Holiday (late-May to mid-October), Grand Portage National Monument is open daily 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 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.
Grand Portage National Monument 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.
Map + Directions
Basic Directions
The monument is located in northeastern Minnesota’s “Tip of the Arrowhead” within Grand Portage Indian Reservation Cook County, Minnesota. Grand Portage National Monument is about 150 miles northeast of Duluth, Minnesota and 50 miles southwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada along the beautiful north shore of Lake Superior. The historic site is ½ to 1 mile south of the west and east exits from Minnesota State Highway 61 in the village of Grand Portage.
