Tours

Self Guided Grand Marais Harbor History Tours

Our self-guided Grand Marais Harbor History tours can be done on your own schedule, your own way. The tour begins at Grand Marais City Hall and makes a 1-mile loop (that you can walk, drive, or roll), ending at the Cook County Historical Society’s Bally Blacksmith & Metal Shop. As you walk the harbor, you’ll learn what life in the area was like over the past century.

The tour may be accessed digitally (above), or physical copies are available at the Cook County History Museum and Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery (JHP).

Don’t need your physical copy after you take the tour? Help us use minimal resources by returning it to either the History Museum or JHP. We thank you in advance!

Funding for the tours is courtesy of the Grand Marais Area Tourism Association 1% Events and Program Grant and Visit Cook County.

Guided Harbor History Walking Tours

Join the Cook County Historical Society for a free Harbor History Walking Tour. Tours kick off on June 19 and will take place every Friday evening from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. through the summer (weather permitting).

The tour begins at the History Museum (8 South Broadway Ave, Grand Marais), and you will walk down to the Coast Guard Station, to Harbor Park, and end at Compass Park with John, CCHS’s Interpretive Specialist.

Visible relics of the past will be discussed, and you will hear stories of this small harbor and community.

*Tours are family-friendly, and an adult must accompany children. Participants should plan to walk approximately one mile on uneven surfaces. All who are attending the tour must sign a waiver.

Funding for the tours is courtesy of the Grand Marais Area Tourism Association 1% Events and Program Grant and Visit Cook County.

If you can’t attend, you’re welcome to view the "Harbor History Tour" by clicking below.

Historic Cook County virtual Tour