• A fall day on Mt. Rose overlooking the historic depot at Grand Portage.

    Grand Portage

    National Monument Minnesota

Event Details

  • Multiple Days: 06/25/2012, 06/26/2012, 06/27/2012, 06/28/2012, 06/29/2012, 06/30/2012, 07/01/2012, 07/31/2012, 07/02/2012, 07/03/2012, 07/04/2012, 07/05/2012, 07/06/2012, 07/07/2012, 07/08/2012, 07/09/2012, 07/10/2012, 07/11/2012, 07/12/2012, 07/13/2012, 07/14/2012, 07/15/2012, 07/16/2012, 07/17/2012, 07/18/2012, 07/19/2012, 07/20/2012, 07/21/2012, 07/22/2012, 07/23/2012, 07/24/2012, 07/25/2012, 07/26/2012, 07/27/2012, 07/28/2012, 07/29/2012, 07/30/2012, 08/01/2012, 08/02/2012, 08/03/2012, 08/04/2012, 08/05/2012, 08/06/2012, 08/07/2012, 08/08/2012, 08/09/2012, 08/13/2012, 08/14/2012, 08/15/2012, 08/16/2012, 08/17/2012, 08/18/2012, 08/19/2012, 08/20/2012, 08/21/2012, 08/22/2012, 08/23/2012, 08/24/2012, 08/25/2012, 08/26/2012, 08/27/2012, 08/28/2012, 08/29/2012, 08/30/2012, 08/31/2012, 09/01/2012, 09/02/2012, 09/03/2012

    Guided Walk
    Location: Historic Depot | Map Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM,1:45 PM to 2:00 PM,3:00 PM to 4:00 PM,4:00 PM to 5:00 PM,1:00 PM to 1:15 PM Fee Information: Free Contact Name: Chief of Interpretation Contact Email: e-mail us Contact Phone Number: 218-475-0123

Historic talks and demonstrations at Grand Portage are led by NPS park rangers and volunteers which include diverse topics and vary daily based upon staff availability and subject expertise.  Programs which begin at 11:00 am, 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm last from one-half to one hour.  Visitors with time constraints can participate in several short-subject programs available from 1:00-1:15 pm and 1:45-2:00 pm.

A short list of program titles for the longer (half to one-hour) interpretive programs this season include:

  • A Great Calamity
  • Art History of the Porcupine Quill
  • Bagpipes at the North West Company
  • Bindagodaadwin: The Ojibwe-Dakota Conflict
  • Building the Birch Bark Canoe
  • From Tree to Makuk - Making a Birch Bark Basket
  • History According to the Herring
  • Jacobite to loyalist-The Scottish Roots of the NWCo.
  • Kilderkins, Hogsheads, and Keelers: Art of the Cooper
  • Life of a Voyageur
  • My Granpa Had One of Those
  • North Ameircan Fur Bearers
  • North West Company Fur Trade Water Routes
  • Ojibemowin: Language of the Trade
  • Saving the Past Through Seeds
  • The Four-Legged Fish
  • Grand Portage: A Walking Tour
  • Family Life in Ojibwe Culture
  • The World Arrives Here
  • Why Grand Portage? Walking Tour

A list of program titles for short-subject (fifteen minute) interpretive programs this season include:

  • Knowledge & Power: Guides in the Fur Trade
  • What's in the Pot?
  • Smallpox: A Great Calamity

At Grand Portage National Monument our visitors have unique opportunities to meet and interact with experts in their particular subjects and to enjoy "classic" ranger-led programs.

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