Trout fishing in the Whitewater River. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, ca. 2000s.

Trout fishing in the Whitewater River

Trout fishing in the Whitewater River. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, ca. 2000s.

Whitewater State Park, May 22, 2009. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever. CC BY-SA 3.0

Whitewater State Park

Whitewater State Park, May 22, 2009. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever. CC BY-SA 3.0

Whitewater State Park

Whitewater is the sixth Minnesota state park, authorized by the legislature in 1919, and the first in the Driftless Area of dramatic bluffs, ravines, and promontories in the southeastern corner of the state.

Dakota elder Vernell Wabasha talks about the Jeffers Petroglyphs site

Dakota elder Vernell Wabasha talks about the Jeffers Petroglyphs site. Posted to YouTube by the Minnesota Historical Society on April 23, 2009.

Gate lifters at Gull Lake Dam

Gate lifters at Gull Lake Dam

West-facing view of the gate lifters at Gull Lake Dam, 1968.

Upstream view of Gull Lake Dam

Upstream view of Gull Lake Dam

Upstream view of Gull Lake Dam, 1968.

Gull Lake Dam site

Gull Lake Dam site

Gull Lake Dam site, October 7, 1911.

Gull Lake Dam construction diagram

Gull Lake Dam construction diagram

Gull Lake Dam construction diagram, 1910.

Gull Lake Dam

Gull Lake Dam

Gull Lake Dam (Cass County), October 7, 1911.

Gull Lake Dam

The sixth and final dam in the Headwaters Reservoir System, Gull Lake Dam was built in 1912 to increase the output of mills and turbines downstream. In 2019, the dam maintains water levels for recreation and navigation, and the site is also home to ancient burial mounds and a recreation area.

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