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Grand Portage National Monument
Operating Hours & Seasons
 

2008

Summer Hours Winter Hours
Historic Depot includes: May 24-Oct 13 Oct 14-May 23
Great Hall, Kitchen, Canoe Warehouse, Ojibwe Village & Voyageur Encampment

Open Daily      9a.m.-5p.m.

Closed for the Season
Heritage Center May 24-June 20 Oct 14-May 23

Open Daily 8:30a.m.-5p.m.

Open Monday-Friday  8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Heritage Center June 21-Sept 1 Oct 14-May 23
Open Daily 8:30a.m.-6p.m. Open Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Heritage Center Sept 2-Oct 13 Oct 14-May 23
Open Daily 8:30a.m.-5p.m. Open Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Mount Rose Trail

Open Dawn-Dusk

Grand Portage Footpath

Open Dawn-Dusk




2009

Summer Hours Winter Hours
Historic Depot includes: May 23-Oct 12 Oct 13-May 22
Great Hall, Kitchen, Canoe Warehouse, Ojibwe Village & Voyageur Encampment

Open Daily      9a.m.-5p.m.

Closed for the Season
Heritage Center May 23-June 19 Oct 13-May 22

Open Daily 8:30a.m.-5p.m.

Open Monday-Friday  8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Heritage Center June 20-Sept 7 Oct 13-May 22
Open Daily 8:30a.m.-6p.m. Open Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Heritage Center Sept 8-Oct 12 Oct 13-May 22
Open Daily 8:30a.m.-5p.m. Open Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Mount Rose Trail

Open Dawn-Dusk

Grand Portage Footpath

Open Dawn-Dusk



MEA (Minnesota Education Association) weekend: Open Saturday (October 18, 2008)

The annual Rendezvous Days and Pow Wow, the height of the season at Grand Portage National Monument, is always the second full weekend of August. Rendezvous Days this year will be August 7, 8, & 9, 2009. To see past activities during Rendezvous Days, please see the 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008 Rendezvous Days events in the link to Rendezvous Days on our homepage. The 2009 schedule will be posted once events are finalized usually around July 2009.

If you have any further questions, please e-mail us.

Portrait of Alexander Mackenzie - Grand Portage National Monument  

Did You Know?
Nor’Wester Alexander Mackenzie jumped off from Grand Portage to reach the Pacific Ocean in 1793, 13 years before Lewis and Clark crossed the continent.
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Last Updated: October 14, 2008 at 17:42 EST