Welcome to Wahpeton, North Dakota, home of the Chahinkapa zoo, North Dakota State College, and much more! Wahpeton is located in Southeastern ND along the Bois de Souix River. The first European explorer in the area was Jonathan Carver in 1767. Carver's mission was to find the Northwest Passage, the imagined waterway to the Orient that many explorers of the time believed existed. The area wasn't settled by Europeans until after the Civil War. One of the town's major attractions appears to be the Chahinkapa Zoo, which is home to over 300 animals from 6 continents. The newest animals at the zoo are two white rhinos that arrived in May of 2018. Settle in for a strange ride through a lovely little town!
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