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Voyageurs National Park
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Voyageurs National Park, 218,200 acres (88,340 hectares), N Minnesota. The park contains forested lake country noted for its sports fishing and glacial features. In the 18th cent. the region was a trade route for French-Canadian voyageurs (fur traders). Authorized in 1971, it was fully established as a national park in 1975. See National Parks and Monuments National Parks and Monuments

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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Voyageurs National Park

National park, northern Minnesota, U.S. Located along the Canadian border, the park was established in 1975 and was named for the mostly French-Canadian fur-trading frontiersmen (voyageurs) of the 18th–19th centuries. It occupies an area of 217,892 ac (88,178 ha) and consists of a network of streams and lakes, the largest of which is Rainy Lake.
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The National Park Service has banned PWC from Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina and from Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota.
More PWC Restrictions Surfacing by BOAT/U.S. Magazine
Voyageurs National Park, where 2 percent of the visitors use personal watercraft, plans to impose a temporary ban this fall.
JET SKIS FACING NATIONAL PARKS BAN by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Accommodation of diverse local, regional and national interests is also demonstrated in such discussions as maintaining habitat for spotted owls in Oregon, developing a management plan for reintroduction of wolves into the Yellowstone ecosystem, and designing a plan for snowmobiles in Voyageurs National Park.
Managing the diverse interests of stakeholders by Kuzmic, Tom / Parks & Recreation
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