National Register of Historic Places listings in Voyageurs National Park facts for kids
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Voyageurs National Park.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
There are eleven properties and districts listed on the National Register in the park.
Current listings
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | City or town | Description | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Archaeological Site No. 21SL82 |
(#88000067) |
Address restricted |
International Falls | Campsite used c. 3000 BCE–1900 CE. | |
2 | Archeological Site 21SL141 |
(#87002164) |
Address restricted |
International Falls | Habitation site occupied c. 300–1900 CE. | |
3 | Archeological Site 21SL35 |
(#87002165) |
Address restricted |
International Falls | Large beach site exclusively occupied by the Laurel Complex of the early Woodland period, with what may be the earliest evidence of wild rice use in Minnesota. Also known as the Clyde Creek Site. | |
4 | Archeological Site 21SL55 |
(#88000989) |
Address restricted |
International Falls | Island site exclusively occupied by the Blackduck culture of the late Woodland period, with a possible ricing jig and other subsurface features. | |
5 | Archeological Site No. 21SL73 |
(#88003130) |
Address restricted |
International Falls | Seasonal campsite used 100 BCE–1500 CE. | |
6 | Jun Fujita Cabin |
(#96001351) |
Wendt Island, Voyageurs National Park 48°32′59″N 92°52′11″W / 48.549828°N 92.869838°W |
Ranier | 1928 rustic cabin of Japanese American photographer and poet Jun Fujita. Also a rare surviving example of the early recreational development of the Boundary Waters. | |
7 | Gold Mine Sites |
(#77000155) |
Around Rainy Lake in Voyageurs National Park 48°36′09″N 93°10′05″W / 48.6025°N 93.168056°W |
Island View | District of seven scattered mine shafts and test pits from an 1894 gold rush that brought industry and settlement to the area. | |
8 | William Ingersoll Estate |
(#11000360) |
Ingersoll's Island 48°21′16″N 92°28′23″W / 48.354351°N 92.473104°W |
Crane Lake vicinity | 1920s island summer home complex, whose 1928 main cabin was a rare surviving E. F. Hodgson Company prefabricated kit house. Collapsed in 2014 and subsequently removed. | |
9 | Kabetogama Ranger Station District |
(#93000479) |
Southwestern shore of Kabetogama Lake in Voyageurs National Park 48°26′43″N 93°01′44″W / 48.445278°N 93.028889°W |
Kabetogama | Complex built 1933–1941 for the Minnesota Division of Forestry by the Civilian Conservation Corps, an example of federal work relief projects during the Great Depression and National Park Service rustic architecture. | |
10 | Kettle Falls Historic District |
(#78000376) |
Kettle Channel in Voyageurs National Park 48°30′05″N 92°38′25″W / 48.501389°N 92.640278°W |
Island View | Dam, two log buildings, and hotel built circa-1910–1914 at a key portage on the Canada–United States border, an isolated nexus of industry and tourism in the Boundary Waters wilderness. | |
11 | Kettle Falls Hotel |
(#76000210) |
Kettle Channel in Voyageurs National Park 48°30′11″N 92°38′23″W / 48.503056°N 92.639722°W |
Island View | 1913 hotel built to provide lodging and meals to commercial fishermen, lumberjacks, buyers, and tourists at a key portage deep in a roadless area. | |
12 | Adolph Levin Cottage |
(#11000361) |
Kabetogama Narrows near Ash River Maintenance Dock 48°26′05″N 92°51′22″W / 48.434653°N 92.855993°W |
Voyageurs National Park | Representative early-20th-century lake retreat with a 1937 log cabin noted for its rustic architecture and traditional Finnish construction. | |
13 | Little American Mine |
(#75000226) |
Little American Island in Voyageurs National Park 48°36′09″N 93°10′05″W / 48.6025°N 93.168056°W |
Island View | Remnants from Minnesota's only profitable gold mine, in operation 1893–1898. Now developed with an interpretive trail. | |
14 | Monson's Hoist Bay Resort |
(#11000362) |
Hoist Bay, Namakan Lake 48°25′05″N 92°44′55″W / 48.417969°N 92.748733°W |
Voyageurs National Park | Family-owned resort established in 1939 to serve the growing phenomenon of middle-class tourists, with nine contributing properties built 1941–1968. | |
15 | I.W. Stevens Lakeside Cottage |
(#11000363) |
Williams Island, Namakan Lake 48°26′30″N 92°44′50″W / 48.441548°N 92.747316°W |
Voyageurs National Park | Largely intact lake cabin complex established in 1932, with seven contributing properties; used as a year-round residence and a small-scale resort. |
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