Butte Saint Paul State Recreation Area

Butte Saint Paul State Recreation Area
North Dakota State Park
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
County	Bottineau

Elevation	2,280 ft (695 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	48°51′06″N 100°11′45″W / 48.85167°N 100.19583°W / 48.85167; -100.19583Coordinates: 48°51′06″N 100°11′45″W / 48.85167°N 100.19583°W / 48.85167; -100.19583 ^[1]

Area	10 acres (4 ha)

Dedication	June 28, 1933
Management	North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department

Location in North Dakota
Website: Butte Saint Paul State Recreation Area

Butte Saint Paul State Recreation Area is a 10-acre (4.0 ha) North Dakota state park unit located northwest of Dunseith in Bottineau County. The park encompasses 580-foot (180 m) Butte Saint Paul. A 12-foot (3.7 m) stone cairn and commemorative plaque sit atop the peak. Visitors can take in expansive views of the surrounding Turtle Mountain region.^[2]

History

In January 1850, Jesuit missionary Georges-Antoine Belcourt and a small traveling party survived a blizzard by digging into the snow atop the peak. Belcourt erected a wooden cross on the summit and christened the peak Butte Saint Paul, as that day was the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle. The remains of the cross were rediscovered in the 1930s and were commemorated with a stone cairn and the declaration of a 10-acre (4.0 ha) state park.^[2]

References

1 2 "Butte Saint Paul". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
1 2 "Butte Saint Paul State Recreation Area". North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

External links

Butte Saint Paul State Recreation Area North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department

Protected areas of North Dakota

National Parks	Theodore Roosevelt

National Historic Sites	Fort Union Trading Post Knife River Indian Villages

National Wildlife Refuges	Appert Lake Ardoch Arrowwood Audubon Bone Hill Creek Brumba Buffalo Lake Camp Lake Canfield Lake Chase Lake Cottonwood Lake Dakota Lake Des Lacs Florence Lake Halfway Lake Hiddenwood Hobart Lake Hutchinson Lake J. Clark Salyer Johnson Lake Kellys Slough Lake Alice Lake George Lake Ilo Lake Nettie Lake Otis Lake Patricia Lake Zahl Lambs Lake Little Goose Long Lake Lords Lake Lost Lake Maple River McLean Pleasant Lake Pretty Rock Rabb Lake Rock Lake Rose Lake School Section Lake Shell Lake Sheyenne Lake Sibley Lake Silver Lake Slade Snyder Lake Springwater Stewart Lake Stoney Slough Storm Lake Stump Lake Sullys Hill National Game Preserve Sunburst Lake Tewaukon Tomahawk Upper Souris White Lake Wild Rice Willow Lake Wintering River Wood Lake

National Grasslands	Cedar River Dakota Prairie Little Missouri Sheyenne

U.S. Wilderness Areas	Chase Lake Lostwood Theodore Roosevelt

Other Federal	International Peace Garden North Country National Scenic Trail

State	Parks Beaver Lake Cross Ranch Fort Abraham Fort Ransom Fort Stevenson Grahams Island Icelandic Lake Metigoshe Lake Sakakawea Lewis and Clark Little Missouri Sully Creek Turtle River Recreation areas Butte Saint Paul Crow Flies High Black Tiger Bay Doyle Memorial Indian Hills Little Metigoshe Pelican Point Pembina Gorge

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