Archeological Excavations at the Northwest Company's Fur Trade Post, Grand Portage, Minnesota in 1936-37

The purpose of this report is to describe the archeological remains found during the excavation of the Northwest Company's Post at Grand Portage, Minnesota by the Minnesota Historical society in 1936-1937. These excavations were sponsored by the U. s. Indian Service as a Civilian Conservation Corps project for the purpose of providing work for local residents. Historical values were incidental, and funds were not provided for a full scale interpretation of these archeological excavations. A brief report was made on the 1936-37 excavations by Ralph D. Brown, who had supervised them, but his report was preliminary in nature and is not sufficient for present day interpretative needs. Brown's report is superseded by the present paper.