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Also known as: America's Water-Based National Park
Voyageurs National Park is a majestic, water-based wilderness preserve stretching across more than 218,000 acres along the wild international border of northern Minnesota, split between St. Louis and Koochiching counties. Designated in 1975 to honor the heroic 18th-century French-Canadian fur traders who paddled these vast corridors, it encompasses an extraordinary network of interconnected glacial lakes, hidden bays, and deep southern boreal pine forests. Voyageurs is highly unique as America's premier water-accessible national park, where cars cannot tread and navigation is completely aquatic. It pairs its pristine, pristine rocky island trail networks with unmatched houseboating wilderness exploration and stellar night skies.
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Suggested stay: 2–5 days
Rent a luxurious motorized houseboat to live and navigate among the pristine rocky islands of Lake Kabetogama and Rainy Lake. Hire an authorized boat to explore the historic, hand-carved stone monuments at Ellsworth Rock Gardens. Spot native bald eagles and wild gray wolves from the kayak water paths. Camp under the northern lights on a completely secluded water-bound island site.
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