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Minnesota National Parks
Welcome to Voyageurs National Park located in northern Minnesota along the United States/Canada border. This beautiful park has at least one thing in common with Venice Italy, and that is that the visitor mainly gets around by watercraft.
Park History: The first humans to enter the region that is now Voyageurs National Park arrived over 10,000 years ago when the receding waters of Lake Agassiz (which once covered 110,000 square miles) of the last ice age helped form the many thousands of lakes of present day Minnesota. The Natives who inhabited the region has a diverse lifestyle that ranged from hunting and fishing to rice farming. By the 17th century the first Europeans began to arrive in the region and the fur trade began. At that time the primary tribes in the region were the Cree, Assinibion, and Monsoni, but by the late 18th century the Ojibwe were the primary residents.
In the 19th and 20th centuries mining and timber became big industries in this region. The idea of making the land that is Voyageurs into a National Park was first conceived in 1891 but it was not until 1975, nearly a century later, that the vision was made a reality.
Flora and Fauna: Voyageurs National Park covers over 200,000 acres of land and helps to protect the home of many plant and animal species. The park sits on the edge of a transition zone where many many plants of northern hardwood forest and southern boreal forest meet and mix. Some of these plants include ladyslippers (Minnesota's state flower), aspens, pines, spruces, and firs. Some of the wild animals who call this place home include moose, black bears, blue herons, timber wolves, and red squirrels. Please treat their home with respect.
For the lover of the outdoors Voyageurs National Park boasts over 40 miles of hiking trails, many fishing lakes, over 200 campsites, and much more. Come on out and explore!
Voyageurs National Park
Minnesota
United States
48.484238, -92.827086
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