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Ideally situated between the shores of Lake Superior and the Sawtooth Mountain Range, the harbor village of Grand
Marais offers visitors the option of solitude or outdoor adventure.
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Grand Marais
The French-Canadian fur traders called this trading post Grand Marais, or Big Marsh.
GrandMaraisHarbor,itsprotectedport,wasoncethecollectionpointforhugeraftsoftim-
ber, but it is now alive with sportfishing charter boats, gaily spinnakered sailboats, and a
host of other pleasure craft.
The trading post heritage lingers, however, in the many bed-and-breakfast inns, gal-
leries, tourist shops, and outdoor-supply stores that cater to travelers heading north on
the Gunflint Trail (Rte. 12), a two-lane paved road through the Sawtooth Mountains. The
58-mile trail provides yet another portal to the land of lakes—the Boundary Waters Canoe
Area—and its Canadian counterpart, Quetico Provincial Park.
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Judge C. R. Magney State Park
The coast road hopscotches countless streams, including the Brule River, backbone of the
4,514-acre Judge C. R. Magney State Park. Boreal forests of fragrant balsam firs, dotted
with ghostly birch and aspen groves, frame blueberry-choked meadows. Long before the
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