Kettle Channel in Voyageurs National Park, Island View, Minnesota. County/parish: St. Louis.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 11, 1976. NRIS 76000210.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Kettle Falls Hotel is a historic hotel in what is now Voyageurs National Park in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It opened in 1913 deep in the wilderness of the Boundary Waters, at the juncture of Namakan and Rainy Lakes. Today it is the only lodging operating inside the park, and remains accessible only by water.
In 1976 the hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its state-level significance in the themes of commerce, entertainment/recreation, industry, and transportation. It was nominated for its long history of providing lodging and refreshment to fishermen, lumberjacks, traders, and tourists at a key portage deep in a roadless area. Two years later the hotel was included as a contributing property to the Kettle Falls Historic District.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93202987