Entering the Stockade - HFF! The Great Hall with the stockade around it, Grand Portage National Monument. The site features a reconstruction of the historic trading post. The Minnesota Historical Society began the project, which...

The overnight to #FortCharlotte starts here, at the reconstructed #tradingpost at #GitchiOmigaang #GrandPortage.

A distinctive start to a #backpacking trip!
#photography #nationalparks #LakeSuperior #GitchiGami #Minnesota #MniSotaWakoce
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Mni Sota Makoce "Mni Sota Makoce" is Dakota for "the land of waters so clear that they reflect the sky." The first part of the phrase, "Mni Sota," gives us the English name Minnesota.

#Backpacking at #FortCharlotte in #GrandPortage #NationalMonument, #Minnesota.

#photography #sunset #Ontario #Canada #PigeonRiver #nationalparks #outdoors #reflection
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Fort Charlotte campground I was surprised to find this at the end of a nine-mile historic portage. Presumably it serves mostly canoeists coming off the Pigeon River above the falls. (The canoeists probably have only a 2-2.5 p...

The #campsite at #FortCharlotte, at the western end of #GichiOnigaming #GrandPortage, nine miles (15 km) from #GitchiGami #LakeSuperior.

The trail is harder than expected: mud, plank crossings, and large puddles make it hard to maintain pace.
#backpacking #nationalparks #Minnesota
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Sunset at Fort Charlotte Historic Fort Charlotte was at the end of the Grand Portage from Lake Superior to the Pigeon River. Canada (Ontario) is on the right, the USA (Minnesota) on the left. The U.S. lands here are part of...

Sunset at #FortCharlotte, looking across the #PigeonRiver in #Ontario. #Canada, the #UnitedStates, and the #Anishinaabe #Ojibwe #Ojibwa of #TurtleIsland share a history, based on mutual #trade.

#photography #backpacking #GrandPortage #NationalMonument #Minnesota
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Fort Charlotte campsite With a peekaboo view of the Pigeon River.

#Backpacking along the historic #GrandPortage #GitchiOnigamiing from #LakeSuperior #GitchiGami to #FortCharlotte on the #PigeonRiver over a low mountain pass.

After I retired, a large mammal chased another large mammal past my tent.

#nationalparks #Minnesota #photography #tent
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FORT CHARLOTTE
Hanover, Jamaica
Built 1761 #MarkPhinnPhotography

For more pictures of Jamaica's Historical Sites visit — CoolJamaicaUniverse — on Tumblr / Click on link in Bio ☝️ | "Fueling the Thought of Heritage Tourism".

#Photography #FortCharlotte #KingGeorge111 #HanoverJamaica