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Brule St. Croix Portage Historical Marker
Location
of sign - County Highway A at the north end of Lake St.
Croix
Photo
taken - July 2008
Text
of sign:
Brule
- St. Croix Portage
Approximately
one mile northeast of this point, a continental divide separates the
watersheds of the Brule and St. Croix Rivers. The
Brule
flows north to Lake Superior and the St. Croix flows southerly to
the Mississippi. A time worn trail connects the navigable
portions
of these two rivers.
Native
Americans were the first to utilize this portage route. Later,
voyagers, explorers, missionaries, traders and pioneers also
followed
it. The first documented use of this portage was in 1680 by
Daniel Greysolon Sieur du Lhut, after whom the City of
Duluth
is named.
Because of its important role in early travel through the region,
the portage is listed on the National Register of Historic
Places.
Preservation
of the portage was initiated about 1930 by the Daughters of the
American Revolution. Today, it is within the
boundaries
of the Brule River State Forest.
Erected in 1997
Brule
River State Forest
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