Inscription
to
Garrison
Minnesota
Legend has it this walleye was caught by Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox after a three day struggle. Paul finally wrapped his line around Babe's horns and Babe pulled the fish out of Lake Mille Lacs and up onto Garrison Beach.
Garrison Commercial Club | Garrison Lions | Garrison VFW
City of Garrison | Larry & Brenda Karpen
~ Special Thanks To ~
Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox
Details
| HM Number | HM1HK1 |
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| Additional Information | For more Garrison Walleye fun, check out Roadside America's Giant Walleye in Walleye Capital of the World story. |
| Tags | |
| Historical Period | 20th Century |
| Historical Place | Town, Park, Other |
| Marker Type | Other |
| Marker Class | Neither |
| Marker Style | Mounted |
| Year Placed | 1980, |
| Placed By | City of Garrison |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, October 30th, 2014 at 9:00pm PDT -07:00 |
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Photo Credits: [1] MARTHA DECKER [2] MARTHA DECKER [3] MARTHA DECKER [4] MARTHA DECKER [5] MARTHA DECKER
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| Location Description | When the State of Minnesota declared that the walleye was the state fish in 1965, Garrison, being on Mille Lacs, one of the state's best walleye lakes, declared itself to be the Walleye Capitol of the World. 15 years later, this giant walleye that had been on a float in a parade was put on a pedestal and placed in the New Deal-era Garrison Concourse Wayside. It was greenish to begin with, but was painted the current coppery color in about 2008. The Inscription telling the "legend" of the giant walleye wasn't put on until about 2011. It stood in the middle of the Garrison Concourse from 1980 to 2014, but was moved in 2014 during an extensive restoration project to a place just off of the SW corner of the concourse. |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15T E 436513 N 5127016 |
| Decimal Degrees | 46.29375000, -93.82426667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 46° 17.625', W 93° 49.456' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 46° 17' 37.5000" N, 93° 49' 27.3600" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 320, 218 |
| Can be seen from road? | Yes |
| Is marker in the median? | No |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near Concourse Road, Garrison MN 56450, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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