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The state park, held by the surrounding Grand Portage Indian Reservation and leased to the state of Minnesota for $1 a year, is the only U.S. state park jointly managed by a state and a Native American band. [2] It is also the only Minnesota state park not owned by the state. [3]
There are 64 state parks, nine state recreation areas, nine state waysides, and 23 state trails in the Minnesota state park system, totaling approximately 267,000 acres (1,080 km 2). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A Minnesota state park is an area of land in the U.S. state of Minnesota preserved by the state for its natural, historic, or other resources.
Lower Sioux Indian Reservation: Sioux: Redwood: 534 Mille Lacs Indian Reservation: Ojibwe: Mille Lacs: 4,767 Also operates the Sandy Lake Indian Reservation in Aitkin County, with off-reservation trust land and other holdings in Atkin, Crow Wing, Kanabec, Morrison, and Otter Tail Counties. Prairie Island Indian Community: Sioux: Goodhue: 310
Vigilant planners in the crowd with an affinity for state park campgrounds used their spring training to book sites well into this summer, owing to the system's much-scrutinized 120-day window for ...
St. Croix State Park is a state park in Pine County, Minnesota, USA. The park follows the shore of the St. Croix River for 21 miles (34 km) and contains the last 7 miles (11 km) of the Kettle River. [5] At 33,895 acres (13,717 ha) it is the largest Minnesota state park.
Nov. 14—Minnesotans encouraged to explore outdoors with friends and family over the holiday weekend The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is waiving entrance fees to all 75 state parks ...
Lake Bemidji State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, on the north shore of 6,765-acre (27.38 km 2) Lake Bemidji. The northern half of the park preserves a spruce-tamarack bog . A district of National Park Service rustic structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps and National Youth Administration in the 1930s is on the ...
Jay Cooke State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, protecting the lower reaches of the Saint Louis River. The park is located about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Duluth and is one of the ten most visited state parks in Minnesota. The western half of the park contains part of a rocky, 13-mile (21 km) gorge.