Pigeon River Cliffs

103 acres

N48 2.182, W90 0.721

The Border Route Trail passes through this preserve.

Contact NE MN Program Office (218) 727-6119 for more information.

The Nature Conservancy

Getting There
Park at the end of South Fowl Road. Follow the narrow, unimproved road north 0.3 miles (540 yards) to the Border Route Trail. The road continues north to South Fowl Lake and is heavily used by OHVs. The trail crossing is easy to miss. It is unmarked and, depending on the time of year, overgrown. Look for a blaze in the form of two pieces of surveyor’s tape, one blue and one pink, hanging from a branch of a quaking aspen sapling on the east side of the road. See the map for the GPS coordinates of this trail crossing.

Border Route Trail/North Country Trail
The Border Route Trail is flagged with blue, sometimes pink, surveyor’s tape. In a few places there is a pile of stones (cairn) marking the trail. Visitors are asked to stay on the trail to avoid trampling endangered plant species. The North Country Trail has been routed onto the Border Route Trail for 65 miles.

State Forest
This site lies within the Grand Portage State Forest.

Parking

Trail Blazes and Cairns

South Fowl Lake

One bird species with conservation status in Minnesota and one tracked species have been seen here:

Two mammal species with conservation status in Minnesota and one tracked species have been seen here:

Nine plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Plant List