Park officials have not publicly identified the ranger, whose death is under investigation. Voyageurs National Park covers 218,000 acres on the Minnesota-Canada border.

The remote Voyageurs, established in 1975, covers 340 square miles (880 square kilometers) of lakes, forests and streams on Minnesota’s border with Canada. Namakan Lake is one of four big lakes ...

Those numbers put Voyageurs somewhere in the middle, attendance-wise, among the country’s 63 national parks, far below the 12 million visitors the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in ...

Voyageurs National Park was established in 1975 but has a long history where Native Americans, fur traders, homesteaders, loggers, miners and commercial fisheries thrived.

Voyageurs National Park is located in Northern Minnesota, almost to Canada. It’s about four-and-a-half hours away from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-Saint Paul by car.

Voyageurs National Park is located in Northern Minnesota, almost to Canada. It’s about four-and-a-half hours away from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-Saint Paul by car.

Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota's only national park, was founded on April 8, 1975 – exactly 50 years ago. The park covers more than 218,000 acres – or about 340 square miles – of forests ...

Voyageurs also holds the distinction of being Minnesota's only certified International Dark Sky Park, and one of only 155 in the nation. Getty Images "My absolute favorite is camping under the ...