Management Plans, Reports and Studies

Civil Conservation Corps Indian Division Crew Grand Portage, 1936.

Minnesota Historical Society

 

In 1936 the MHS sent archaeologist Ralph Brown to Grand Portage. With help from a Grand Portage Anishinaabe CCC-ID crew, Brown defined the stockade line and discovered several foundations within it.

NPS Photo / Willoughby Babcock

The first research at what would eventually become Grand Portage National Monument was spearheaded by the Minnesota Historical Society. In 1922 the MHS sent Dewey Albinson to Grand Portage, his main goal was to relocate the original footpath and draw maps of the upper "Fort Charlotte" end. With the aid of an Anishinaabe guide, Albinson completed this and also composed a now famous image of manitou giizhikens (Little Cedar Spirit Tree). In 1999 a new Division of Resources Management was formed at Grand Portage National Monument. Since then, new research and studies that have been accomplished are reflected in the link below.

Management Plan

Foundation Document Overview Grand Portage National Monument 2017

Full length version of the Foundation Document (48 pages) available by mail upon request.