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(Park Rapids, MN) -- An anonymous Minnesota donor has helped a San Francisco-based trust purchase a former ski resort to be used as park land. The donor assisted the Trust for Public Land with purchasing Val Chatel near Park Rapids from a group of investors. The purchase was made for one-point-eight million dollars on March 7th and the land was then donated to Hubbard County.
The Val Chatel ski area will become Deep Lake Regional Park.
A county park and campground are scheduled to open near Park Rapids in 2024.
At the Tuesday, March 16 meeting, Hubbard County Board meeting, County Land Commissioner Mark “Chip” Lohmeier said this complex adjoins both state land and county tax-forfeited land.