Third Chief Bemidji statue.

Chief Bemidji Statue

For over a hundred years a statue of Chief Bemidji has stood in his namesake city of Bemidji, Minnesota. A Chief carved by retired lumberjack Eric Boe had looked out over Lake Bemidjigamaug since 1952, replacing the 1898 version that had fallen apart.

In June 2015 the 1952 Chief was dragged away and replaced with the third: a dignified, rather humorless (but intricately sculpted) bronze statue of a more life-like Chief Bemidji.

Chief Bemidji Statue

Library Park

Address:: 426 Bemidji Ave. N., Bemidji, MN
Directions:: In Library Park, on the east side of Great River Rd/Bemidji Ave. N. between 4th and 5th Sts NW.

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