Grand Portage (community), Minnesota

Grand Portage
Grand Portage is located in Minnesota
Grand Portage
Grand Portage
Location of the community of Grand Portage
within Grand Portage Unorganized Territory
of Cook County
Grand Portage is located in the United States
Grand Portage
Grand Portage
Grand Portage (the United States)
Coordinates: 47°57′50″N 89°41′05″W / 47.96389°N 89.68472°W / 47.96389; -89.68472
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyCook
Elevation
630 ft (190 m)
Population
 • Total120
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55605
Area code218
GNIS feature ID644330[1]

Grand Portage is an unincorporated community in Cook County, Minnesota, United States; located on Grand Portage Bay of the North Shore of Lake Superior.

Grand Portage is 34 miles northeast of the city of Grand Marais and five miles southwest of the Canada–United States border. Minnesota Highway 61 serves as a main route in the community.

The unincorporated community of Grand Portage and the Grand Portage Indian Reservation are both within Grand Portage Unorganized Territory of Cook County (population 565).

The Grand Portage National Monument is adjacent to the community. Grand Portage State Park is nearby on the banks of the Pigeon River.

Mount Josephine (elevation 1,315) is immediately northeast of Grand Portage (elevation 630).

  1. ^ "Grand Portage, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.