Water is everywhere.
More than 30 glacial remnant lakes, hundreds of bogs, marshes and beaver ponds fill the carved rock basins within the park's boundaries. Four large lakes including Rainy, Kabetogama, Namakan and Sand Point occupy almost 40 percent of the park's total acreage. Lying on the southern portion of the Canadian Shield, the land mass of Voyageurs National Park is composed of rocky knobs, ridges and stunning cliffs carved during the passage of four separate continental glaciers that covered the area in the past million years. Some of the oldest bedrock formations in North America are found within the park, gouged and marked through repeated glacial action. Resulting soil deposition has created a boreal forest environment with a rich mix of flora and fauna.