photos:minnesota:2001-08-05 fort snelling
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A chapel.
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It took me a little while to actually find the Fort.
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There's a cannon up there.
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That's quite a door.
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The inside...
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This is the far side where the ground slopes steeply down to the river.
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Looking up at the Fort from almost river level...
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There's a cave just above the river level that runs into the base of the Fort...
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I think it would be possible for a thin person to squeeze around the concrete and into the tunnel. :)
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Standing on the bridge to Pike's Island.
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The chapel again.