Last updated: December 28, 2023
Thing to Do
Earn a Grand Portage Junior Ranger Badge
NPS Photo / GM Spoto
Learn about the historic fur trade, life next to Lake Superior, and the people who live here past and present.
Children and their families are engaged together in fun, self-directed learning activities through the Junior Ranger program. We hope the program will enhance your visit to Grand Portage, create fond, long-lasting memories, and promote new appreciation for our national treasures.
Request your free booklet from a ranger at the information desk in the Heritage Center
- Answer the questions by watching films, looking at exhibits, and talking with living history interpreters around the various sites of the depot
- Present your completed booklet at the information desk in the heritage center to have your answers checked and receive your junior ranger patch and certificate
Bring your completed book to the Heritage Center or mail it to Grand Portage National Monument. We will send back your completed book with the Junior Ranger patch.
Junior Ranger Program
Grand Portage National Monument
PO Box 426
Grand Portage, MN 55605
218-475-0123
Details
Activity
Junior Ranger Program
Pets Allowed
Yes with Restrictions
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A "leash law" exists in the Grand Portage community. The Monument requires the use of leash where pets are allowed within the Monument, such as in the picnic area and on trails.
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The following structures and/or sales areas are closed to pets:
The Heritage (visitor) Center, Historic Depot area (gatehouse, kitchen, Great Hall, canoe warehouse, Ojibwe village, voyageurs encampment, restrooms, Rendezvous historic encampment). -
"Guide" or "service" dogs for seeing impaired or physically disabled persons are permitted within all park facilities.
Activity Fee
No
Grand Portage National Monument is a fee free area.
Location
Heritage Center at Grand Portage National Monument
Reservations
No
Season
Year Round
Accessibility Information
A sidewalk connects the parking area, which has two accessible parking areas, to the Heritage Center. Two floors of exhibits in the Heritage Center are completely accessible. The sidewalk outside the Heritage Center continues to the crosswalk at Mile Creek Road (County Road 17).Please use caution while crossings as Mile Creek Road is the most used road by Grand Portage After the crosswalk, the path becomes a hardened gravel accessible trail throughout the historic site. The path goes through the Ojibwe Village. A path that does not meet accessibility standards leads down to the Voyageurs Encampment.
A ramp connects the canoe warehouse to the hardened pathway. Interpretive exhibits include the largest birchbark canoes you will ever see plus displays and programs presented inside, all of which are accessible.
A ramp located on the west side of the kitchen, allows entry to the back door of the kitchen. Another ramp from the kitchen’s east side, allows access to the main gate under the gatehouse and a view of the Grand Portage footpath and the Mount Rose Trail which are not accessible pathways.
An accessible breezeway connects the kitchen to the great hall which also accessibly connects to all porches of the reconstructed kitchen and great hall. Interpretive exhibits, hands-on displays, video programs, and ranger conducted interpretive activities that are offered in these buildings are accessible.
Restrooms in the historic site are connected to the accessible trail. Each restroom includes an accessible stall.
Two wheelchairs are available free of charge to use during your visit. Wheelchairs are located in the Heritage Center and in the great hall. Please ask monument staff for assistance.