Little American Island

America’s National Parks Podcast

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4.9 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Swirling between the borders of Canada and Minnesota is a vast maze of interconnected water highways – a wild space comprised of lush forests and isolated islands. Its history is fueled by the Native Americans who called it home, and the french fur traders known as Voyageurs. Peaceful islands dot the waters, but they also hold a secret. A golden secret. On this episode of America's National Parks - the story of Voyageur's National Park's Little American Island and the 1890's Gold Rush.

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0:29.0	L.L. Bean, be an outsider. Swirling between the borders of Canada and Minnesota is a vast maze of interconnected water highways, a wild space comprised of lush forests and isolated islands.
0:57.0	Its history is fueled by the Native Americans who called it home and the French fur traders known as the Voiger.
1:04.0	Peaceful islands dot the waters, but they also hold a secret, a golden secret.
1:09.0	I'm Jason Epperson and on this episode of America's National Parks,
1:14.0	the story of Voyager's National Parks Little American Island
1:18.0	and the 1890s Gold Rush. Voyager's boreal forest and endless waterways are among some of the least visited acreages of American national parks, but it's an incredible landscape full of ancient rock walls, moose, beavers, and bald eagles.
1:36.0	Today we're sharing a story from the Parks Own Podcast, a series of short histories narrated by an uncredited National Park Service Ranger designed
1:45.2	to highlight what makes this vast and often overlooked National Park so unique.
1:54.0	Welcome to Little American Island.
1:56.5	The site where gold was first discovered on the United States side of Rainy Lake and one of 15 visitor destinations in Voyager's National Park.
2:07.3	In the mid 1800s America found itself in an economic depression.
2:12.4	People all over the United States were without work.
2:15.0	The Civil War had recently ended creating an influx of people needing jobs.
2:20.0	Area iron mines had shut down and thousands of people were unemployed and
2:25.2	desperate. People looked for hope at whatever forum they could find. So when gold
2:31.2	was first discovered on Rainy Lake in 1893, a rush to the border began.
2:37.0	The prospect of finding gold meant more than just the desire to get rich quick.
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