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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BKW_laurentian-divide-scenic-overlook_Grand-Marais-MN.html
Laurentian Divide
SCENIC OVERLOOK
SUPERIOR
National Forest
You are looking toward Birch Lake located on the Laurentian Divide. Water at this point flows northward into Canada's Hudson Bay watershed and eastward into the Saint Lawrence waters…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VZG_father-baraga-1846_Schroeder-MN.html
Father Frederic Baraga, learning of a possible epidemic afflicting the Indians at Grand Portage in 1846, set out in a small boat from Madeline Island in Wisconsin with an Indian guide. An unexpected storm threatened them, but their lives were spar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM165E_the-grand-portage_Grand-Portage-MN.html
The Grand Portage, or Great Carrying Place, was a key 18th century link between the Pigeon River and Lake Superior, making it also a vital connection between Montreal and the rich fur-bearing lands far to the northwest. Traveled for centuries befo…