Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota commemorates those French-Canadian fur traders (voyageurs), the first Europeans to travel through the area with their canoes 250 years ago. Indeed, while there are ...

The park covers more than 218,000 acres – or about 340 square miles – of forests, lakes and streams in northern Minnesota near the border between the U.S. and Canada. It is named after the ...

Voyageurs National Park, one of the nation’s most unique parks that is accessible largely only by water, preserves 220,000 ...

Biologists at Voyageurs National Park ... lakes and shows no signs of slowing down. Mats of floating cattail as large as four football fields break off and drift for miles before colonizing new bays.

Reservations for Voyageurs National Park's ranger-led boat tours and North Canoe Voyage programs open at 9 a.m. CST on April 15 for the 2025 season.

"On this golden anniversary of Voyageurs National Park, we celebrate not just the breathtaking beauty of its lakes and forests, but the enduring spirit of adventure and connection to nature that ...