City of Mahnomen Looking to Add Canoe Statues to Community

Mahnomen, MN — Taking a page from cities such as Detroit Lakes with their sailboats, Fargo with their Bison, and Pelican Rapids with their Pelicans, the City of Mahnomen is looking to work with a local artist to potentially add a series of statues that would be spread throughout the community. In this case, the city of Mahnomen would celebrating their Native American and Wild Rice heritage with statues of Canoes, according to Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Vonderharr.

The city of Mahnomen plans to work with Hans Gildorf, who designed the sailboat statues that are placed throughout the city of Detroit Lakes.