On Lake Street near end of Lake Street when traveling west.
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de La Verendrye, established Fort St. Charles on Lake of the Woods in 1732. A daring soldier, fur trader, and explorer, La Verendrye had the ambitious dream of finding the fabled "Western Sea" and sought to . . . — — Map (db m8375) HM
On Lake Street at First Street, on the right when traveling north on Lake Street.
The name Warroad bespeaks the Indian heritage of this town, once one of the largest Chippewa villages on Lake of the Woods. The Chippewa fought a long and fierce war against the Sioux for the lake's rice fields. Occupying the prairies of the Red . . . — — Map (db m8420) HM
On State Avenue (State Highway 11) at Lake Street NE, on the left when traveling north on State Avenue.
One mile east of this point, just north of the mouth of Warroad River, stood a post of the American Fur Company, built about 1820.
The French explorer LaVerendrye, and his party probably visited this region in 1732 en route to build Fort St. . . . — — Map (db m207752) HM