The Rendezvous returned to Grand Portage National Monument on Friday, August 12 – Sunday, August 14 with 127 camps and 240 re-enactors. Grand Portage’s very own Stone Bridge Singers opened the event with a traditional drum ceremony and welcome to the public and camp participants. John Stealey, a first-time re-enactor to the event, demonstrated his late 18th century replica hot... READ MORE >
Grand Portage National Monument’s annual Rendezvous Days was another massive success, featuring 145 historic re-enactor camps on-site. Nearly 8,000 visitors attended the event over the weekend, which hosted approximately 300 re-enactors sharing their passion for history of the fur trade era. The event had an early French theme this year with the park playing host to renowned historian, Ken Hamilton.... READ MORE >
In a winter the likes of what most contemporary Midwesterners have only heard of in the recollections of elders, a lone wolf ’s journey reminds us of how the people and animals of Gichi Onigamiing (Grand Portage) have always been connected to Minong (Isle Royale). “Isabelle,” apparently cast out by the other wolves on the island, set out in late... READ MORE >
