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Grand Portage National MonumentCrepuscular sun rays illumminate a dark island and gray water just above the irregular wooden stockade enclosing the depot at Grand Portage.
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Grand Portage National Monument
Operating Hours & Seasons
 

2008-2009

Summer Hours Winter Hours
Historic Depot May 23-Oct 12 Oct 13-May 22
includes: Great Hall, Kitchen, Canoe Warehouse, Ojibwe Village & Voyageur Encampment

Open Daily      9a.m.-5p.m.

Closed for the Season
Heritage Center May 23-June 19 Oct 13-May 22

Open Daily 8:30a.m.-5p.m.

Open Monday-Friday  8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Heritage Center June 20-Sept 7 Oct 13-May 22
Open Daily 8:30a.m.-6p.m. Open Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Heritage Center Sept 8-Oct 12 Oct 13-May 22
Open Daily 8:30a.m.-5p.m. Open Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Mount Rose Trail

Open Dawn-Dusk

Grand Portage Footpath

Open Dawn-Dusk

 

MEA (Minnesota Education Association Convention) weekend: Open Saturday (October 17, 2009)

 

2009-2010

Summer Hours Winter Hours
Historic Depot May 29-Oct 11 Oct 12-May 28
includes: Great Hall, Kitchen, Canoe Warehouse, Ojibwe Village & Voyageur Encampment

Open Daily      9a.m.-5p.m.

Closed for the Season
Heritage Center May 29-June 18 Oct 12-May 28

Open Daily 8:30a.m.-5p.m.

Open Monday-Friday  8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Heritage Center June 19-Sept 6 Oct 12-May 28
Open Daily 8:30a.m.-6p.m. Open Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Heritage Center Sept 7-Oct 11 Oct 12-May 28
Open Daily 8:30a.m.-5p.m. Open Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Mount Rose Trail

Open Dawn-Dusk

Grand Portage Footpath

Open Dawn-Dusk




The annual Rendezvous Days and Pow Wow, the height of the season at Grand Portage National Monument, is always the second full weekend of August. Rendezvous Days this year will be August 13, 14, & 15, 2010. To see past activities during Rendezvous Days, please see the 2005, 2006, 2007 2008 & 2009 Rendezvous Days events in the link to Rendezvous Days on our homepage. The 2010 schedule will be posted once events are finalized usually around July 2010.

If you have any further questions, please e-mail us.

A Montreal canoe at Grand Portage National Monument  

Did You Know?
The 40 foot “Montreal” class of birchbark canoe used on the Great Lakes during the 18th century, could carry the weight of two mid-sized cars…that’s over four tons or about 8,000 pounds!

Last Updated: October 01, 2009 at 16:06 EST