Talk:Lac qui Parle State Park

Location
Does this State Park have area within Lac Qui Parle County as well as Chippewa County? In the List of Registered Historic Places in Minnesota, the two historic sites here are listed in the different counties.--Appraiser 13:35, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Lac Qui Parle lake divides the two counties. The park includes land on the southern portion of the lake above the dam on both the east and west banks, although very thin tracts on the east side in some places. The majority of the park on the east side is the campground. The historical site is also on the east side.  I'm not aware of historic sites on the west side, besides where I caught that big walleye that one time.  So I guess the historical site is Chippewa county.

http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_parks/spk00197.pdf http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/lac_qui_parle/index.html Andercee 21:59, 15 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Lac qui Parle State Park and the Lac qui Parle Mission Archeological Historic District only partially overlap. The reconstructed mission is not actually in the state park, and I'll have to consult a detailed print source to be sure whether the site of Fort Renville is just inside park boundaries or not.  The state park definitely contains land in both counties.  The historic district is also officially listed in both counties, as confirmed by the nomination form.  (I have a redacted copy I can DM you.)  Although the trading post and the mission are in Chippewa County, this historic district also encompasses the broader area where Native Americans and Euro-American settlers began congregating around these two early outposts.  National Park Service keeps details of the archaeological sites under wraps so as not to abet looters, but it's safe to assume there are unmarked archaeological resources on the Lac qui Parle County side as well.  Archaeological historic districts can consist of noncontiguous sites scattered over a large area. -McGhiever (talk) 17:08, 26 February 2019 (UTC)