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Then & Now
Delivery boats were both a reliable and direct way to deliver goods on Lake Minnetonka, as roads did not exist to all parts of the lake or were often washed out.
The streetcar steamboat Minnehaha is one of the most iconic symbols of Lake Minnetonka’s heritage.
Read the lesser known history of one of Lake Minnetonka's most prominent landmarks.
David Bell laid the cornerstone for Excelsior Academy and played a key role in several early Minneapolis institutions.
The ice harvest was an important time on Lake Minnetonka in the early 1900s.
Trinity Episcopal Church has a complicated and dramatic history.
Ice boating came to Lake Minnetonka in the 1880s, and is still popular to this day.
The motto for the trail was “A Good Road from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound.”
In 1901, Dr. George LaPaul had a stern-wheel steamboat built bearing his name at a cost of $10,000.
The George launched from the Excelsior docks with a large crowd of over 1,000 spectators. The boat held 800 passengers and was the largest boat on Lake Minnetonka at the time.
Built in 1893 by “Minnetonka’s Boat Builder” Arthur Dyer for Hazen and Ward Burton, the boat was conceived with the idea that greater speed could be attained by sailing over the water, rather than through it.
