Voyageurs National Park
Minnesota
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Water dominates the landscape of
Voyageurs National Park. There are more than 30 lakes filling
glacier-carved rock basins within its boundaries. Four large lakes, Rainy,
Kabetogama, Namakan and Sand Point, cover almost 40 percent of Voyageurs
218,054 acres.
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The park lies in the southern part of the
Canadian Shield. It represents some of the oldest exposed rock
formations in the world. This bedrock has been shaped and carved by at
least four glacier periods. The landscape of the park is rugged and
varied. Rocky outcrops are intermingle among bogs, beaver ponds,
swamps, islands, many small lakes and four large lakes. In the years since
the last glacier period, a thin layer of soil has been created. The
soil supports the boreal forest ecosystem, sometimes referred to as the
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Voyageurs National Park is rich in human history. It
was named for the
Voyageurs, French-Canadian canoe-men who traveled these waters in
their birch-bark canoes from the Great Lakes to the interior of the
western United States and Canada.
Maps:
Park Map
Area Map |
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Official NPS Website
for Voyageurs National Park
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