Park Celebrates 35th

Minnesota's only national park is celebrating its thirty-fifth anniversary this year, and special events today.

Voyageurs National Park was authorized a national park on April 8, 1975.

Chief of Interpretation Tawnya Schoewe says the anniversary is an important one.

"It's a pretty big deal," says Schoewe, "we hope not just to the staff, but to the public as well. We're very proud to be a part of the national park system and proud to celebrate it with all of the local gateway communities and America in general."

Today there are special displays at the park's Rainy Lake Visitor Center and at the International Falls Public Library.

An official recognition of the park's anniversary will happen next Thursday.