Voyageurs National Park Minnesota

Voyageurs National Park is a mosaic of land and water, a place of interconnected waterways that flow west, and eventually north as part of the arctic watershed of Hudson's Bay. It's a place of transition, between upland and aquatic ecosystems, southern boreal and northern hardwoods forest types, and both wild and developed areas.

Here in the heart of the continent lies a unique landscape formed by earthquakes, volcanic activity and mountain building. The most recent period of glaciation ended just over 10,000 years ago, exposing ancient Precambrian rocks. The forests that now drape the upland portions of the park exist on a thin layer of soil that has formed in the comparatively short period of time since the last glacier receded.

One commonly forgotten beauty of the park (that is until one arrives here) is the park's night sky.  Voyageurs is where the Aurora Borealis glows brightly and brilliantly and constellations can be seen year round.  Voyageurs' scenery is another reason the park was established.

The park encompasses all or part of four major lakes: Rainy Lake, Kabetogama Lake, Namakan Lake and Sand Point Lake. Of these, Namakan, Rainy and Sand Point lakes straddle the United States-Canada border. Lake Namakan and Sand Point Lake are accessible only by boat except in the winter. The southern boundary of the park is the northern shore of Crane Lake. The park has many smaller lakes, especially on the Kabetogama peninsula. Most popular of these are on the Locator Lakes trail. In all the park has more than 344 square miles of water.

So leave your car behind and set out on the water highways of the North Woods.

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