New Park Facilities Celebrated

A new tour boat and the start of construction of a new park headquarters for Voyageurs National Park will be celebrated tomorrow.

Separate events are planned.

Park Superintendent Mike Ward says the new headquarters staff will mean more efficiencies for park staff.

"It's not necessarily an expansion of programs," says Ward. "It's really just making sure that our headquarters in terms of the people who work hear everyday have a little more efficient place and have a (place with a )little more update to standards."

The kick of construction on the waterfront, directly across from the Sorting Gap Marina in Fort Frances, happens tomorrow at 11:30 a.m.

Earlier in the day, the Park will unveil its new tour boat to the public.

The park will christen the new 49-passenger boat at a ceremony beginning at 9 a.m. before offering public tours.

Ward says they received deliver of the boat only a few weeks ago.

"We've been going through a lot of training and Coast Guard trails and certification. We're rehabilitating our docks because this boat is much larger than anything we've had."