So Minnesota: Voyageur Statue in Pine City

Individuals from all throughout the nation cease to see a towering landmark in Pine Metropolis.

The Voyageur Statue is a well-liked roadside attraction in Minnesota.

It’s hardwood historical past dates again to the 1930’s, when the proprietor of Anoka lodge had a large redwood log introduced from California to Minnesota as a vacationer attraction.

Through the years the massive log handed via many fingers till it was donated to Pine Metropolis within the early 90’s.

“While you drive by this factor you don’t suppose it’s all that large, however whenever you get down right here you understand it’s that large,” Michael Sauer, who helped convey the statue to city stated. “We had been on the lookout for some sort of a vacationer attraction.”

Metropolis leaders reached out to world champion chainsaw sculptor Dennis Roghair of Hinckley. Roghair turned the 45 toes tall, eight toes round, 40 ton log into the Voyageur Statue. The statue Roghair created pays tribute to French and Native American fur merchants that explored the area.

“He had the entire thing completed in about three months,” Sauer stated

The statue is called the most important redwood sculpture in Minnesota and one of many largest within the nation.