Grand Portage National Monument, Buildings Complex, Off Highway 16, Northeast tip of Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Cook County, MN
Summary
Significance: Site of one of the most important fur posts on the North American Continent. Selected as headquarters of the North West Co. of Great Britain because of its excellent location between Lake Superior and the interconnected waterway along Minnesota-Ontario border.
Survey number: HABS MN-76
Building/structure dates: ca. 1778 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1940 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work
Tags
trading posts
fur trade
galleries and museums
cook county
portage
national
monument
grand portage national monument
buildings
complex
buildings complex
highway
northeast
tip
northeast tip
superior
lake superior
grand marais
national monument
minnesota
great lakes
historic american buildings survey
north west company
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
Date
1933 - 1940
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
North West Company
Location
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html