It is home to wildlife species such as coyote, white-tailed deer, eagle, beaver, hawk, muskrat, waterfowl, fox, and various songbirds.

The confluence of the Crow Wing and Mississippi Rivers formed a natural crossroads, attracting humans with its easy travel routes and quality hunting.

The village's warriors, returning from their own unsuccessful raid, laid an ambush on a high bank over the river, digging shallow pits from which to fire their rifles.

As the Dakota convoy passed under the Ojibwe, the men opened fire, while the captured women overturned the canoes they were in and swam for shore.

However the chapel was located on a small parcel of privately held land and no public funds were used for its construction, so legally separation of church and state was maintained.

[4] State funds and private donations enabled the park to expand by 552 acres (223 ha) in 2006, adding 3.13 miles (5.04 km) of frontage on the Mississippi River.

[5] Crow Wing State Park offers 14 miles (23 km) of hiking trails, some of which are open to cross-country skiing or snowmobiling in winter.