Pepin Depot Museum
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Pepin Depot Museum
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Riverboat Phil Scheckel anchor
 
Details
Attraction
Location
Body of Water: Mississippi River
Trail Name: Inland Waterways
Nearest Address: State Hwy 35
Nearest City: Pepin
County: Pepin
Zip Code: 54759
Latitude: N 44°26.54100'
Longitude: W -090°09.11300'
Attraction
Features
Open to public?: Yes
Mooring buoy?: No
Mooring buoy in place?: No
Snorkelable?: No
Dive guide?: No
Trails sign?: No
National Register?: No
Attraction
Description
Small museum that has a history of steam boats on the river. Museum also contains a Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Marker. In the parking lot there is an anchor on display from the riverboat Phil Scheckel a steamboat that ran on the Chippewa river during the late 1800s.
 
Contacts
Name Phone Alt Phone Email Website
715.442.3011
 
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