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Grand Portage National MonumentAn interpreter in voyageur dress prepares to fire a black powder musket as visitors listen.
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Grand Portage National Monument
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Voyageur sash of the present day Metis Culture of Canada. Metis people are of French, English and Native Canadian Indian ancestry.
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A Metis (mixed blood) voyageur sash: the colors represent all races of humankind, the infinity symbol means, "All are Welcome."

The staff of Grand Portage National Monument prepare a newsletter available to visitors every year. We have included newsletters for this year and the previous three years. These newsletters have elements which are included every year but to which new articles are added.

2008 Grand Portage Guide

2007 Grand Portage Guide

2006 Grand Portage Guide

2005 Grand Portage Guide
Rendezvous Gitchi Onigaming a mural by Carl Gawboy
2008 Grand Portage Guide
View the park's summer newsletter. (55Mb pdf)
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Drawing by C.W. Jefferys of David Thompson in Athabaska Pass 1810.  

Did You Know?
The great geographer David Thompson mapped most of Canada and the northern U.S. west of Grand Portage (1794-1821) a tribute to the exploratory achievements of the Nor’westers.
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Last Updated: June 02, 2008 at 11:51 EST