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Crane Lake Voyageur, (sculpture). Artist:  Ed, Robert Bertil, 1920- , sculptor. Sculptured Advertising, fabricator. Title:  Crane Lake Voyageur, (sculpture). Dates:  1958. Medium:  Sculpture: fiberglass, painted; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 13 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  (Small metal tag on paddle:) "Sculptured Advertising" (Plaque on front of base:) THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE CRANE LAKE/COMMERCIAL CLUB TO COMMEMORATE THE FRENCH CANADIAN VOYAGEORS (sic) WHO/EXPLORED AND OPENED THIS COUNTRY BEGINNING IN THE LATE 1600'S./THOUSANDS OF THESE DAUNTLESS MEN PADDLED THEIR BIRCH BARK/CANOES THROUGH THESE WATERWAYS IN QUEST OF FURS AND/THE NORTHEAST PASSAGE. ONE OF THEIR PORTS WAS AT THE/MOUTH OF THE VERMILLION RIVER IN CRANE LAKE./THE GAY GARB OF THESE COURAGEOUS HAPPY MEN IS TYPIFIED/BY OUR MEMORIAL AS HE STANDS HERE PROUDLY SURVEYING/THE LANDS AND WATERWAYS HE ONCE ROAMED. Founder's mark appears. Description:  A man stands holding a paddle with both hands. He wears a buckskin jacket with fringes, boots or leggings that come up above his knee and a pouch at the waist. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular base. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Hunter -- Trapper Occupation -- Other -- Explorer Architecture -- Boat -- Detail History -- United States -- Westward Expansion Ethnic -- French Ethnic -- Canadian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Crane Lake Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Crane Lake Commercial Club, 7238 Handberg Road, Crane Lake, Minnesota 55727 Located Highway 24 & County Road 424, Crane Lake, Minnesota Remarks:  The memorial was installed by the Crane Lake Commercial Club in honor of the French-Canadian voyageurs who explored and opened the region around Crane Lake, beginning in the late 1600's. Additional tablets and markers honoring local residents have been placed around the sculpture. IAS files contain related article from Moira F. Harris' "Monumental Minnesota," Pogo Press, 1992, pg. 66-67. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1994. Illustration:  Harris, Moira F., "Monumental Minnesota," Pogo Press, 1992, pg. 67. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS MN000406   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000406 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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