Voyageurs National Park

After the Boundary Waters, we will spend approximately three days traveling through Voyageurs National Park. This 218,000 acre area was designated a national park in 1975 in order to preserve its pristine landscape and highlight this region’s historical significance. Despite being named after the French Voyageurs- who paddled this area as recently as 250 years ago- there is evidence of humans living here for over 10,000 years. Signs of  various Indigenous and European settlements as well as the fur trade, logging, mining, and fishing industry can be seen throughout this park. Approximately 230,000 people visit Voyageurs National Park each year for paddling, boating, camping, hiking, and wildlife watching, as well as engage in various types of winter trips and camping. Moose, black bear, wolves, bobcats, bald eagle, loons, and otter are known to live in this area. 

We acknowledge that Voyageurs National Park exists on the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabe people.