Voyageurs National Park!! June 22

Having to duck into the US, we realized Voyageurs National Park was only 30 miles off our route!  This park commemorates the French-Canadian fur traders' route that helped to open up northwestern US and Canada.

Besides the three Visitor Centers, the park is only accessible by boat.  So here we are on the 6-hour boat tour we'd booked several days beforehand.

I.W. Stevens cabin on Stevens Island.  We spent a half hour on the island to roam the historic buildings including a guest cabin, sauna, and root cellar.  Stevens lived on this island for 50 years til he was 94 yrs old.

"Dinner" was at the Kettle Falls stop.  The dam that replaced the falls was originally intended to provide electricity but actually only regulates the water height between Rainy and Namaken Lakes.


All this water heads toward Hudson Bay.

We had four bald eagle sightings and saw two nests along the way too!

This park reminds me of Green River Reservoir State Park in Vermont, but on a much much bigger scale.