Father Louis Hennepin at the Falls of St. Anthony

ID: 1056
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Father Louis Hennepin at the Falls of St. Anthony

Father Hennepin, a Franciscan priest and explorer was paddling up the Mississippi in 1680 when his group met a Dakota war party who detained him and beached his canoe at the creek's confluence with the Mississippi River. He is usually considered the first European person to visit Phalen Creek.

Painter: Douglas Volk

Creation: Approximately 1905

Content: 1680

Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society

This file appears in: Phalen Creek

By Steve Trimble
Phalen Creek was a spring fed-stream flowing from Lake Phalen through a deep ravine that ancient waters had gouged from the land. It ended up forming a small delta on the Mississippi River floodplain. Surrounded by trees and wetlands, it served as a…