THE KENSINGTON RUNESTONE: Commentary and Speculation by Bob Voyles

       The little white label at the top of this map reads "Brule River outflow."  For those who believe the Kensington Runestone and its message are authentic, this discharge of the Brule River into Lake Superior near Duluth may be marking the spot where ten Norsemen were assigned to wait and watch over the group's boat (or boats), now that westward sailing on Lake Superior was over.  From now on, smaller boats would be in order...likely Native American birchbark canoes.  The reduced group of twenty Norsemen, probably accompanied by Native Americans, would now proceed upstream, southward, toward the St. Croix River and a famous portage--the Brule-St. Croix portage.  In part, one plaque at the portage reads: "...a continental divide separates the watersheds of the Brule and St. Croix Rivers.  The Brule flows north to Lake Superior and the St. Croix flows southerly to the Mississippi.  A time worn trail connects the navigable portions of ...