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The Rendezvous Your Guide to Voyageurs National Park Spring 2014 - Winter 2015 The Rendezvous Your Guide to Voyageurs National Park Spring 2014 - Winter 2015 Why Voyageurs? Voyageurs National Park was set aside by As the fur trade expanded, it relied on the From supporting the life and culture of Congress for 3 important reasons, its voyageurs, or French-Canadian canoemen, Native Americans, to supplying resources for geological resources, its inspiring scenery to muscle trade goods and furs between the fur trade, commercial fishing, gold comprised of water, forest, rocks and wildlife, Montreal and the Canadian northwest. mining, and timber and tourism industries, and its historic waterways. the interconnected waterway system of this The voyageurs in turn, relied on native area has influenced the movement of people These waterways include an important peoples for furs, guide services, clothing, for thousands of years. segment of a 3,000-mile fur trade route of food, and medicine. the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Today, for the modern travelers who visit The route of these voyageurs shaped the this land, Voyageurs National Park The driving force behind the fur trade was a international boundary between the US and preserves the geology, scenery, and a demand for hats—beaver hats desired by Canada, and the legacy of these voyageurs segment of the historic voyageurs fashionable Europeans. inspired the naming of this national park. waterway route for all to enjoy. What's Inside The dashed line follows the waterway routes of the Welcome, Contact Information . 2 voyageurs through what is On the Water . 3 now Voyageurs National Park and southern Canada. Camping and Houseboating; New Reservation System . 4 Can you identify the lakes? Day Use . 5 Hike To Health . 6 Protect Yourself; Safe Boating and Fishing . 13 Ranger-led Boat Tours and Programs . 7 Accommodations and Services; Experience Nature . 8 Community Events . 14-16 Winter Activities; Supporting Organizations . 17 Snowmobiling, Skiing, Snowshoeing . 9 Volunteering . 18 Park Map . 10-11 Kettle Falls . 19 Protect the Park; What Can You Do? . 12 Things To Do . 20 Your guide to Voyageurs National Park Welcome A Special Place Traveling to the Park At night, looking down from trees that were sheared off by Roads lead to six park entrances, the communities of Crane Lake, space, Minnesota shows a straight line winds that tore Orr, Ash River, Kabetogama, Ranier, and International Falls. No dazzling spray of lights from through ridges and valleys. The matter where you choose to enter the park, each community has a the Twin Cities outward to the ridges themselves, high above range of services to assist with your trip (pages 14-16). farm country, the Mississippi the lakes, bare the marks of River valley, and the Iron Range. glaciers moving on bedrock, like Voyageurs 71 CANADA Just north of the glow, lies fingers drawn through sand. National Park Fort Voyageurs National Park, under Frances To Rainy Lake 11 Thunder a dark, night sky. You are welcome you to the Bay International QUETICO park in all seasons. There are Falls Ash Crane PROVINCIAL ONTARIO River PARK Kabetogama Lake In Voyageurs National Park, you programs for all ages, including 71 24 can lay stretched out on a rock ranger-led boat tours, voyageur Orr 23 Travel Information Center SUPERIOR Bog Walk half as old as the world and gaze North Canoe trips, family canoe NATIONAL Grand FOREST MINNESOTA Portage up at nature's light show in a programs, hikes, snowshoe and National Virginia sharp, clear sky. Here you can crosscountry ski programs, and Monument 169 LAKE SUPERIOR camp and hike in a solitude that so much more! 61 Grand 53 is never lonely. There are lakes Rapids Apostle 2 Islands that have no names; lakes with We hope you will find your own National Duluth Lakeshore tawny boulders rising from the place in the park to experience 33 UNITED STATES MICHIGAN water like giant loaves of bread; the solitude that isn't so lonely, 2 35 long flowages disturbed only by the darkness that lets you see 0 50Kilometers 53 To WISCONSIN the slap of a beaver's tail. the stars, and the silence where 0 50Miles Twin Cities you will hear the landscape Apart from its sheer beauty, speak. Contact Information Voyageurs National Park Voyageurs National Park Rainy Lake Visitor Center reveals the drama of nature's Voyageurs National Park staff Headquarters forces at work. There are forests Phone: (218) 286-5258 where fire has renewed life and www.nps.gov/voya Mid - May – Mid - Sept, 2014 windrows of dead and fractured 360 Highway 11 East Open daily, 9:30 am – 5 pm International Falls, MN 56649 Mid - Sept – Mid - May, 2015 Phone: (218) 283-6600 Open Wed – Sun, 10 am – 4 pm Year-round, Monday – Friday 8 am – 4:30 pm Ash River Visitor Center Phone: (218) 374-3221 Kabetogama Lake Mid - May – Mid - Sept, 2014 Visitor Center Open daily, 9:30 am – 5 pm Phone: (218) 875-2111 Mid - May – Mid - Sept, 2014 Crane Lake Ranger Station © Raymond Klass 2006 Open daily, 9:30 am – 5 pm Phone: (218) 993-2481 Visitor Guide Supporters • International Falls, Rainy • Voyageurs National Park • North Country Inn • Voyagaire Lodge and Houseboats www.northcountryinn.com/ www.voyagaire.com Lake, and Ranier Convention Association www.voyageurs.org • Oveson's Pelican Lake Resort & Inn & Visitors Bureau rainylake.org • Wagner Construction • Crane Lake Visitor & Tourism www.ovesonpelicanlakeresortandinn.com www.wagnerconstructioninc.com • Orr-Pelican Lake Association Bureau www.visitcranelake.com • RE/MAX Lake Country • Wherley Motors Sales & Car Rental www.orrpelicanlake.com www.thelakecountry.com • Rainy River Community College www.wherleymotors.com • Boise, Inc. www.boiseinc.com www.rrcc.mnscu.edu • Sha Sha Resort shashaonrainylake.com • WoodsPort Cottages /Port of Ranier • Arrowhead Lodge & Resort Rentals woodsport.com/homepage.html • Kabetogama Lake Association www.arrowheadlodgeresort.com • Super One Foods www.s1foods.com www.kabetogama.com • Camp Idlewood Resort • VFW Post 2948 idlewildresort.com 2 Your guide to Voyageurs National Park On the Water Voyageurs' Watershed and Flow Direction Voyageurs National Park lies in Lake of the Woods, which in turn the 14,900-square-mile Rainy flows to the Winnipeg River. Lake basin. About seventy Ultimately, the system drains to percent of the basin lies within Hudson Bay. Ontario, Canada and thirty Lake levels in the park’s four percent in Minnesota. main lakes are controlled by a The general direction of water dam crossing the international flow through the four main lakes border at Fort Frances, Onatrio in the park (Rainy, Kabetogama, Canada and International Falls, Namakan, and Sand Point) is MN, as well as by dams at Kettle northwesterly. Falls and Squirrel Falls on Namakan Lake. Water leaving Rainy Lake flows to the Rainy River and then to Navigation You Need to Know The United States Coast Remember red buoys to your Guard (USCG) numbered right while red and green buoy system traveling up- Namakan, Sand Point, and Crane Lakes east (or downlake) to Namakan and is used to guide boaters and lake all flow north (or downlake) toward Kettle Falls . Rainy Lake flows west (or Kettle Falls . Kabetogama Lake flows downlake) to International Falls . mark hazards. • red To use this system you need to • right Fisheries in Voyageurs know the direction of lake flow. • return There are 54 fish species known Not all of these fish are native to to exist in park lakes. Walleye is the park. Some of these species the most frequently sought after may be native in the four main by anglers. Yellow perch and lakes of the park, but not native northern pike are the most widely to the interior lakes where they spread species. exist due to prior stocking. Other fish include smallmouth A Minnesota fishing license is and largemouth bass, crappie, required in the park. Know the sauger, lake trout, muskellunge, slot (size limit) for the lakes. and burbot. Effective 2014, Mukooda Lake is temporarily closed to lake Nun Buoy Can Buoy trout fishing. Thinking of Drinking Lake Water? Visitors are advised to always The Minnesota Pollution For detailed information treat lake water before using it Control Agency (MPCA) visit the MPCA website: for drinking or cooking. advises the public to approach http://www.pca.state. lake areas with blue-green algae mn.us/water/clmp- Consider bringing drinking blooms with caution. toxicalgae.html water with you when camping. Otherwise, use a high- During the right conditions quality water filter to remove these blooms can be toxic to potential contaminants. pets and harmful to people. A blue-green algae bloom like pea Blue-green Algae Bloom soup should be avoided. 3 Your guide to Voyageurs National Park Camping and Houseboating For 2014: The New Reservation System What Sites Can I Reserve? Minimum/Maximum Number Where Do I Get A Permit? How Will I Know If A Site Is May 15 - September 15, 2014: Of People At Sites • Once a reservation is made Reservable? • 34 Frontcountry Campsites Site Minimum Maximum online or by phone, a • In 2014, signs will be posted • All Backcountry Campsites Number Number confirmation email will be at reservable sites. April 15 - October 15, 2014: Small Campsite 1 9 sent to the permit holder. • All sites are listed on • All Backcountry rental Large Campsite 1 18 • 14 days prior to your arrival www.nps.gov/voya and canoes and rowboats Group Campsite 14 30 another email will be sent www.recreation.gov. Rental Canoe 1 3 explaining how to print • For exact campsite locations, Houseboat and other campsites Rental Rowboat 1 3 your permit. purchase a National are first-come, first-served, • Permits cannot be printed Geographic Map at a park How Do I Make A no reservation required, free once you reach the park.
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