Minnehaha Park
Minnehaha Park is located at the intersection of Hiawatha Avenue and Minnehaha Parkway. Minnehaha is one of Minneapolis oldest and most popular parks, attracting over ½ million visitors each year.
Minnehaha Park is 193 acres with a 53-foot waterfall, limestone bluffs and river overlooks. The Park contains oak, elm, silver maple, basswood, hackberry and cottonwood trees as well as native and prairie woodland wild flowers.
Read MoreMinnehaha Park is 193 acres with a 53-foot waterfall, limestone bluffs and river overlooks. The Park contains oak, elm, silver maple, basswood, hackberry and cottonwood trees as well as native and prairie woodland wild flowers.
#6427 - The life-size bronze sculpture by Jakob Fjelde (also of Ole Bull and Minerva fame) depicts Hiawatha and Minnehaha, characters from the poem “Song of Hiawatha” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It bears the inscription:
Over wide and rushing rivers
In his arms he bore the maiden.
On exhibit at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, the sculpture was purchased with pennies donated by school children in Minnesota – an effort organized by Mrs. L.P. Hunt of Mankato – and dedicated in 1912. The sculpture, which rests on a small island in the creek, can be viewed from the water’s edge a short way above the falls.
