Lisa Kerr, a seasonal Park Ranger at the National Monument in Grand Portage, portrays a Metis woman smoking fish over a campfire at the Monument last week. Grand Portage Rendezvous Days and Celebration Pow-wow are Aug. 13-Aug. 15 this year.

Grand Portage is the place to be on August 13-15 for Rendezvous Days and the Celebration Pow-wow.

At the Grand Portage Monument, close to 300 historic re-enactors will set up their campsites at the edge of Lake Superior and live and cook like the voyageurs did during the fur trade days. And throughout the grounds, there will be all kinds of things to do and see.

At the Grand Portage Band’s pow-wow grounds just up the road, from 300 to 400 dancers from across the country and Canada will participate in the Celebration Pow-wow. The event includes a feast open to the public at 5 p.m. Saturday, a walk/run on Saturday morning, bingo all weekend, horseshoe and softball tournaments and a turkey shoot. There is even live music by the Hoolies with Arden Bruyere at the Grand Portage Lodge and Casino on Saturday night.

The host drum is the Grand Portage Traditional Drum with Black Bear Crossing co-hosting. More than 20 drums are expected to attend the pow-wow this year as well as 25 to 35 vendors with traditional crafts and foods. There will be no mooseburgers again this year, however. Murphy Thomas is the master of ceremonies.

Grand entries are at 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and 7 p.m. on Saturday night. Grand Portage veterans will also be honored on Saturday. There will be a Princess/Brave contest at 3:30 p.m. that day as well.

Several new events are planned for the Rendezvous this year, said Pam Neil, chief of interpretation at the Monument.

The Boone Slick Strings will be playing music of the early expansion over the weekend and for the dance on Saturday night, she said. The dance, called a Regale, is open to the public and starts around 7 p.m. Storyteller Rose Arrowsmith DeCoux will perform on Saturday as will Over the Waterfall, a Rendezvous favorite.

The event includes workshops and demonstrations onsite and in the Great Hall over the entire weekend. The workshops fill quickly, Neil said. Visitors should come early to sign-up. Craftspeople demonstrating include Jim Kimpel, tinsmith; Robert Rossdescher, blacksmith; Jackie Bedworth, basket weaver and Mark Sage, who will talk about firearms in early America. Wayne Krefting will be the clerk in the counting house and explain how that was done, and Kelly James will demonstrate miniatures, an art portrait style of the early 18th century.