This large boulder marks the northern trailhead of the Winchell Trail. The plaque reads:

"The Winchell Trail, marked by this boulder brought from the Mesabi Iron Range, was named in honor of the eminent geologist Newton Horace Winchell whose scientific studies along this river provided a measure for the time since the glacial period. His early appreciation of the economic importance of Minnesota's resources did much to preserve for the people some share in the state's mineral wealth."

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Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States

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