Voyageurs National Park News
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Summer 2026 Visitor Center Hours and Boat Tour Reservations
March 30, 2026 | 10:35 am
Voyageurs National Park announces summer visitor center hours and the opening date for 2026 boat tour and North Canoe Voyage program reservations. These hours and dates remain largely consistent with recent years.
Voyageurs National Park Releases Floodplain Statement of Findings for Kettle Falls Power Line Replacement
February 23, 2026 | 6:12 pm
VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK, Minn. — Voyageurs National Park has released a Floodplain Statement of Findings for a proposed project to replace an approximately 13-mile underwater power distribution line serving the Kettle Falls area of the park.
Voyageurs National Park to Conduct Winter Cattail Burns
February 20, 2026 | 10:23 am
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. -- Voyageurs National Park staff will conduct prescribed burns in selected wetlands in and near Black Bay and Cranberry Bay on Rainy Lake in February and March 2026. Additional Sites on Irwin Bay on Lake Kabetogama will be burned if possible.
2026 Boreal Stargazing Week
February 9, 2026 | 10:44 am
Boreal Stargazing Week returns Feb. 9–15, 2026 with in-person stargazing events across Minnesota and free virtual educational programs celebrating one of the world’s largest dark sky regions.
Camping and Houseboat Reservations for the 2026 Summer Season Open November 15
November 14, 2025 | 9:52 am
Beginning Saturday, November 15, 2025, at 9 a.m. CST. overnight tent camping reservations and houseboat permits for the 2026 summer season will become available.
Winter 2025-2026 Rainy Lake Visitor Center Hours
November 13, 2025 | 2:32 pm
Voyageurs National Park is announcing the Rainy Lake Visitor Center Hours for the 2025-2026 winter season.
2026 Expected Business Potential at Voyageurs National Park
September 17, 2025 | 12:00 am
Voyageurs National Park staff invite individuals and organizations interested in offering concession services at Kettle Falls to attend a pre-solicitation site visit of the grounds and facilities, Monday, Sept. 29.
Cattail Removal to Continue in Voyageurs National Park
July 3, 2025 | 9:29 am
From July through October 2025 Voyageurs National Park staff and contractors will resume work removing areas of invasive, hybrid cattail in wetlands within the park.
Voyageurs National Park Announces Summer Hours of Operation for Visitor Centers
May 5, 2025 | 3:48 pm
Voyageurs National Park staff are pleased to announce the summer hours of operation for the park’s four visitor centers: Rainy Lake, Kabetogama Lake, Ash River, and, for the first time, the newly opened Crane Lake Visitor Center.
NPS Seeks Expressions of Interest on Services at Kettle Falls
April 21, 2025 | 8:43 am
The National Park Service (NPS) announces a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) open to individuals, educational institutions, government agencies or entities, non-profit, or for-profit organizations interested in the preservation and re-use of one or more facilities at Kettle Falls. The RFEI allows interested parties an opportunity to review the property, facilities, park area, and to submit their idea(s) of potential future use of the facilities.