Giizhikag (The Cedars)

Some of these cedars were saplings during the fur trade!

NPS photo / G.M. Spoto

Quick Facts

Location:

Grand Portage

Significance:

Old Growth Trees

Amenities

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Scenic View/Photo Spot

Old-growth white cedar trees persist despite fire, drought, and logging along this section of trail. Known simply at giizhikag (The Cedars), the oldest of this group of trees were saplings when North West Company men and others trudged this portage in the late 1700s.

Along the Grand Portage

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The Fountain Pose, a tree blaze, a two track, and signs are all evidence of human passage along the trail yesterday and today.