Grand Portage National Monument
The Great Hall's dining room
Dany wearing historic fur trade clothing
Garden behind the kitchen
Gardening with typical Indian tools
Scenic overlook of Grand Portage Bay (Canada in the background)
Every summer from 1778 to 1805, British fur traders held their rendez-vous here : the north men brought furs from the Canadian northwest and returned with goods and supplies.
Used by senior shareholders of the Northwest Company during the July rendez-vous.
Food was prepared here for the proprietors, clerks, guides and interpreters.
The region's original people established the Grand Portage to bypass major rapids and gorges on the lower Pigeon River.
It is a footpath leading north and west from Pigeon River to Lake Superior.
It was a key 18th century link between Montreal and the rich fur-bearing lands far to the Northwest.
