An Historical Study of the Grand Portage, Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota

Author(s): Alan R. Woolworth

Year: 1993

Summary

The major objective of this report is to “Conduce Research to Describe the Historical Character and Use of the Grand Portage.” This information will become a portion of a comprehensive holistic Trail Management Plan for the Grand Portage. The Scope of Work for this project lists and discusses a series of ten areas of research that relate directly to the history and uses of the portaqe over a time period of about two centuries from late prehistoric times to the early 19th century (c. 1600-1825).

Cite this Record

An Historical Study of the Grand Portage, Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota. Alan R. Woolworth. 1993 ( tDAR id: 243949) ; doi:10.6067/XCV82J6F06

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Keywords

Culture
Algonquin • Assiniboine • Canadian • Chippewa • Cree • Dakota • European • OJIBWA • Santee Dakota • Siouan • Yanktonai Dakota

Material
Building Materials • Fauna • Textile

Site Name
Fort Charlotte • Grand Portage Trail

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Heritage Management • Historic Background Research

General
arrows • Awls • Bayonet • Beads • Bows • Buttons • Clay Pipes • Fire Steels • Flints • Fur Trade • Grand Portage Indian Reservation • Gunpowder • Guns • Hatchets • Hudson's Bay Company • Kettles • Knives • Montreal Company • Muskets • North West Company • Powderhorn • Shot • Tobacco • XY Company

Geographic Keywords
27998 (Fips Code) • Aitkin County (County) • Great Lakes • Lake Superior • Minnesota (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • United States of America (Country)

Temporal Keywords
17th Century • 18th Century • 19th Century • Historic • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -97.239; min lat: 43.499 ; max long: -89.483; max lat: 49.384 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Anne Vawser

Contributor(s): Alan R. Woolworth

Repository(s): Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service

Prepared By(s): Minnesota Historical Society

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 5608505

NADB citation id number(s): 000000242533

Notes

General Note: This resource originated from a citation record migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R). NADB identification numbers are included in the Document Identifiers section of this resource.

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