Grand Portage Film Shoot

On Jan. 11th, what may be the final shoot for the new park film took place.   Grand Portage National Monument is currently working with Great Divide Films to make and produce a new film for the National Monument.  The film will show the history of the fur trade and the Ojibwe people at Grand Portage.  Shoots have been taking place in all seasons to show the yearly cycle of an Ojibwe family at Grand Portage and on Tues. the...

Thoughts on Knit Caps

NOTE:  When this changed from the old blog, images were removed from text and put into an album below. In text images referenced can be found in the album.   Well, as many people know; I LOVE WOOL. I especially love knit wool and wear wool caps all the time. I am also lucky to be married to a wonderful woman that will knit me caps. My only lament is that with my historical portrayals (being French/French-Canadian), I...