“At the northern peak of the Angle, leading northwest from Harrison Creek, runs the old Dawson Road …The old turnpike is well defined for almost 9 miles. Before the railroad was built it was the only thoroughfare into the Canadian Northwest and was traversed by several hundred Red River ox carts.

    "Two miles across open water from the Point on the Angle mainland is the Feldspar mine, operated until 1934, when a low-water stage hindered barge movements and forced its abandonment. The Angle feldspar dike is one of the largest in North America, with an estimated possible volume of 16,000 to 18,000 tons. In bright sunlight the feldspar, strewn with fragments of dynamite rock, glows like fire.”

    "Near the Angle is the Site of Fort St. Charles on the southern shore established by French explorer LaVérendrye. It was here in 1736 that 21 Frenchmen, among them Jean-Baptiste, eldest son of the Sieur de la Vérendrye, and Father Aulneau were attacked by Dakota. They are buried on the site of the old fort."

WPA Guide to Minnesota

Source: Federal Writer’s Project. (2013, Oct 31). The WPA Guide to Minnesota: The North Star State. Trinity Western. Retrieved July 2, 2020 from https://books.google.ca/books?id=lmHpCAAAQBAJ...

(Below upper) What remained of the old forestry cabin in 1993 at Harrison Creek near the NW Angle. There are no buildings standing today. Credit: Roger Godard.

(Above lower) Last vestige of the village at the NorthWest Angle (2010, Jan 15). Photo credit: Roger Godard.

Back to NorthWest Angle - Lake of the Woods Heritage Tour Page | Top

Previous page: Plight of a Luckless Traveler (1874)
Next page: Birch River Station for Weary Travelers