The logging era at Voyageurs National Park historic contexts and property types

Wyatt B. 1999. The logging era at Voyageurs National Park historic contexts and property types. Midwest Support Office, National Park Service. Omaha, Nebraska

The purpose of this report is to provide a historic context for logging-related resources at Voyageurs National Park, situated east of International Falls, Minnesota, on the United States/Canada border. Information in this report can be used in designing reconnaissance and intensive surveys, preparing National Register of Historic Places forms and determinations of eligibility, formulating management plans for historically significant areas, and interpreting logging landscapes. The Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) has identified two historic contexts for the state’s lumbering era: St. Croix Lumbering and Northern Minnesota Lumbering. Logging at Voyageurs National Park clearly falls into the latter context. To date, the SHPO has minimally addressed the historic context, although The Definition and Evaluation of Log-Procurement Properties in Minnesota, by Douglas Birk, was published just as this report was being concluded.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Wyatt, Barbara
Date of Issue
1999
Publisher
Midwest Support Office, National Park Service
Units
HIST , VOYA
Keywords
Archaeological Districts, Archaeology, camps, Cultural Resources, ehistory, Forests, historic districts, History, Homestead Acts, Land Use, Law, Logging, Lumber, Minnesota, Natural Resource Management, Natural Resources, Railroad Era, Rainy Lake Company, Timber Lands, Transportation, Vegetation, Voyageurs National Park

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