For 21 years, the Lac qui Parle Mission, overlooking the Minnesota River, provided both education and Christian religion to members of the Dakota. Nearly 170 years later the memory of the mission is still commemorated by the reconstructed mission building in the Lac qui Parle State Park and in the annual Mission Sunday service.
Whether you want to go fishing on freshwater lakes, swimming and sunbathing on sandy beaches, biking on miles of trails, horseback riding, birding, geocaching or sightseeing, there is a park in the area to meet your recreational wish-list.
Lac qui Parle Mission open house is Sunday
After being closed all last summer due to COVID-19, the Mission is opening Sunday for the 2021 season Written By: Donna Middleton | ×
Lac qui Parle Mission building
MONTEVIDEO The Chippewa County Historical Society will host an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 25, at the Lac qui Parle Mission.
The Lac qui Parle Mission overlooks the beautiful Lake that speaks. The Dakota name for this lake was Mdaeyaydan, “lake that connects.” The Mission was begun in 1835 by the Congregational and Presbyterian ministries. The original church building was built in 1840 and is known as the first church and school erected in the Minnesota River Valley. The present wooden chapel, a Works Projects Administration building, stands on the site of the original adobe structure.