* NARA film: The Cradle of the Father of Waters, 1938 Minnesota State Parks, Lake Itasca State Park

Bemidji is near Itasca State Park, Lake Bemidji State Park, state forest areas, Big Bog State Recreation areas, and the Chippewa National Forest.

It is the location of Itasca State Park, the source of the Mississippi River, as well as the beginning of the Heartland State Trail.

Itasca State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, and contains the headwaters of the Mississippi River.

Itasca State Park was established by the Minnesota Legislature on April 20, 1891, making it the first of Minnesota's state parks and second oldest in the United States, behind Niagara Falls State Park.

About 500, 000 people visit Itasca State Park annually.

Approximately 7 – 8, 000 years ago, Native American hunters pursued wild animals for food in the Itasca State Park region.

It was Brower's tireless efforts to save the remaining pine forest surrounding Lake Itasca that led the state legislature to establish Itasca as a Minnesota State Park on April 20, 1891, by a margin of only one vote.

The retreat of the ice around 10, 000 years ago left behind 157 lakes of varying size that cover of Itasca State Park.

Old-growth red pine, Itasca State Park

Itasca State Park lies in northern Minnesota ; a location that can be affected by three major air masses.

These various air masses have a strong effect on the climate of the area around Itasca State Park.

Itasca State Park's recreational activities cover all four seasons of the year.

Scattered around the boundaries of Itasca State Park stand a variety of historical and tourist attractions.

Originally, it was called " Itasca Park Lodge " or " State House ", but was later named after Attorney General Wallace B. Douglas, a prominent figure in the battle to save the timber in Itasca State Park at the start of the 20th century.

The Itasca Baptist Church across the street of Usher Park with the gazebo is an Itasca landmark.

( Itasca has two unincorporated neighborhoods west of Rohlwing Road: Nordic Hills near the intersection of Rohlwing and Bloomingdale Roads, and the Ranchettes near the intersection of Rohlwing and Irving Park Roads ).

Itasca is served by High School District 108, Lake Park High School in nearby Roselle ).

The town's landmarks include Itasca Baptist Church and Usher Park, which is on Walnut Street.

* Moose Park Township, Itasca County ( northeast )

* Moose Park Township, Itasca County ( southeast )

* Moose Park Township, Itasca County ( east )

Moose Park Township is a township in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States.

es: Municipio de Moose Park ( condado de Itasca, Minnesota )

Under the name of Itasca Natural Area, the area was designated a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service under the Historic Sites Act.

Clearwater County is home to Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River.

Some of the notable nearby lakes include Lake Itasca ( headwaters of the Mississippi River ) as well as some of the numerous Crow Wing Lakes.

In 1832 Anishinaabe guide Ozawindib led explorer Henry Schoolcraft to the source of the Mississippi River at Lake Itasca.

The source of the Mississippi River at the north end of Lake Itasca

Lake Itasca, the official source of the Mississippi River and a scenic area of northern Minnesota, has remained relatively unchanged from its natural state.

The Itasca area's old-growth pine forests are almost as famous as the Mississippi headwaters.

Tourists wade the Mississippi near Lake Itasca in 2007

A monument marking the origin of the Mississippi River. The Old Timer's Cabin is also found on the shores of Lake Itasca, located north of the Clubhouse.

The headwaters of the Mississippi River are clearly defined by a long outlet dam at the north end of Lake Itasca.

Archaeological remains have also been discovered at the Headwater's West Terrace Site along the west bank of the Mississippi near Lake Itasca, the Bear Paw Campground Site which lies adjacent to Lake Itasca, as well as Pioneer Cemetery which is located on the eastern shore of Lake Itasca and contains the remains of early European pioneers.

The parties did not suspect that the source of the Mississippi, Lake Itasca ( then unknown to European explorers ), was south of that point, and that thus the entire Mississippi was too far south to be intersected by a line running west from the Lake of the Woods.

Its longest tributary originates at Little Elk Lake, which is 100 feet higher in elevation and 11 km upstream from the Lake Itasca outflow, at 47. 158 N 95. 224 W and in the Mississippi watershed.

Jacob V. Brower, a land surveyor and president of the Minnesota Historical Society, after spending five months exploring the lakes, claimed that the lakes and streams further south of Lake Itasca were not the true source of the Mississippi because they were " too small.

# Mississippi River Trail-- from Lake Itasca, Minnesota southward to New Orleans, Louisiana honors one of the world's longest rivers.

* Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River

* Mississippi River Trail, a continuous 2000-mile cycling route between the headwaters of the Mississippi at Lake Itasca, Minnesota and the Gulf of Mexico

Nicollet explored the Mississippi to its source of Lake Itasca and the nearby Mississippi tributary, the St. Croix River.