On This Date: Photo taken 8/8/2006
Grand Portage National Monument, in northern Minnesota, on Lake Superior near the Canadian border. Grand Portage was the frontier headquarters for the North West Company, trading goods for furs.
The national monument’s a reconstructed fort/trading post, not unlike Michilimackinac at Mackinaw City in Michigan. The buildings and displays–not to mention the scenery–are worth the trip, though it’s kind of out of the way unless you’re already north of Duluth.
Number of pix taken on various August 8ths: 1127
Year of oldest photo: 1991
How I Rated the Date’s Photographs:
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- 3 Stars: 726
- 4 Stars: 217
- 5 Stars: 17