Tag: Kettle Falls

National Park Service Midwest Regional Office Awards Voyageurs National Park Staff the 2022 Midwest Region Maintenance Facility Team of the Year Award

The Midwest Regional Office of the National Park Service (NPS) has awarded Voyageurs National Park’s maintenance team with the 2022 Midwest Region Maintenance Facility Team of the Year Award.   During the summer of 2022, the maintenance team overcame facility and operational challenges associated with a record setting flood. Three areas were noted as to how…
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April 12, 2023 0

National Park Service to Open Kettle Falls Business Opportunity

INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN:  The National Park Service (NPS) anticipates releasing a prospectus for a concession business opportunity to provide Lodging, Food and Beverage, Retail, Marina, and other services at Kettle Falls within Voyageurs National Park in the fourth quarter of this calendar year. The prospectus will describe the business opportunity and the terms and conditions of Concession Contract #CC-VOYA002-24…
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August 23, 2022 0

Kettle Falls Portage changes enlight of Rainy Lake zebra mussel contamination

We at the park are preparing our plan as it relates to the portage operation at Kettle Falls this summer given the State identifying Rainy Lake as contaminated with zebra mussels. We will be releasing details by mid-April, with an additional release in early May as a reminder. I will be meeting with elected officials…
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April 1, 2022 0