Gooseberry Falls State Park

About Gooseberry Falls State Park

Gooseberry Falls is the gateway to the North Coast and is considered one of the most beautiful and beautiful waterfalls in North America. Watch the waves, ships and moonrises over Lake Superior from the ancient lava flow known as the Picnic Flow. Listen to the falls and hear the sound of an ancient volcanic eruption and the flow of water from what was known in the early 20th century as the "Picnic River" at the Gooseberry Fall.

Enjoy camping at the modern campsite or camp and picnic and relax on the shores of Lake Superior or the Gooseberry River. You can ski to see Fifth Falls through the forest of evergreens, aspens and birches and enjoy views of the Great Lakes and North America's North Coast from the top of Fifth Fall.

Visit Gateway Plaza for interpretative signs about the area's resources and history. To make the most of your visit, visit the Visitor Centre, where you will find a variety of interpretative signs and information about the gooseberry falls and the history of the park, as well as an interactive map.

The trail leads through a mixture of mixed forest and grassland, a habitat that hosts a variety of wild flower species as well as a number of animal species. Due to the temperate local climate of Lake Superior, the park is home to populations of Arctic and Alpine plants as well as a wide variety of birds and mammals.

Geologists have found that billions of years ago, Earth began to split into what is now known as the northern shore. Lava flowed into the earth and cooled the volcanic rocks, and geologists found evidence of volcanic eruptions as long as 2.5 billion years ago.

Several lava flows are visible in Gooseberry Falls State Park, as well as other parts of the park. The basalt lava streams also embedded the birthplace of Lake Superior agate, and some of them still form on the shore today.

About two million years ago, glaciers were up to a mile high The region was pervaded, and as they moved through the area, the landscape changed dramatically.

About 10,000 years ago, the last glaciers melted, filled the still young Lake Superior and set in motion an erosion process that created waterfalls. The north coast is now characterized by water, wind and weather, but the park has a large number of birds that nest and visit it. The breeding colonies of the Blue Egret, the Blue Egret and the Great White Egret, as well as many other species, are of particular interest to visitors.

The area, known as Gooseberry Falls State Park, is closely linked to Lake Superior and human use. Many migratory birds see the park, which is located on the North Shore Flyway, as part of their annual migration to North America.

At different times the Cree, Dakotah and Ojibwe lived north of the coast, and the Gooseberry River appeared on the maps of the explorers as early as 1670.

In the 1870s commercial and recreational fishermen began to use the area, and in the 1890s logging became the main use of the land along the Gooseberry River. In 1900, the Nestor logging company built its headquarters near the mouth, and in 1900 a railway brought pine trees to the lake to be transported to sawmills. Due to fire - intensive logging - the pines disappeared in the early 1920s.

With the rise of North Shore tourism in the 1920s, it was expected that the scenic north coast would be accessible only to the rich.

As a result, in 1933, the legislature approved the preservation of gooseberry crops in the area, and the following year the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) began developing the park. In the 1930s and 1940s, CCCC staff built a number of log cabins with retaining walls, log cabins and other structures on the waterfront.

The original campground, picnic area and path were also built and Gooseberry Falls State Park was officially declared in 1937. The CCC camp was closed in 1941, but the CCCC's legacy lives on in the form of the gooseberry fields and the park itself. In 1996, a new visitor centre and rest area was opened on the way to the bridge over the 61 motorway, which reopened the original campsite and picnic areas, as well as a system of paths.