year the park was renamed in his honor, and in 1965 Judge C. R. Magney State Park was expanded to by adding the section upstream from the Devil's Kettle. Development remained limited to a small campground, a picnic area, and the trail to the waterfalls. In 1987, a trail was added on the west bank of the river. Recreation Amenities are confined to the southern third of Judge C. R. Magney State Park. The summer-only campground has 27 sites and a sanitation building with flush toilets and showers. The historic, privately owned Naniboujou Club Lodge provides hotel accommodations directly across from the park entrance. The park has of hiking trails. The main hike is a strenuous walk to the Devil's Kettle and Upper and Lower Falls, featuring nearly 200 stairs. This route is part of the Superior Hiking Trail, which swings through the park but dead-ended here until August 2003, when the northernmost were completed to the Canada–US border. The Brule River is popular for its angling opportunities, as the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has been stocking it with rainbow trout since 1930. The river also contains introduced brook trout, chinook salmon, and pink salmon during their respective spawning seasons. Anglers occasionally catch smallmouth bass and northern pike that entered the river from lakes upstream. The Brule River also provides whitewater kayaking for experienced paddlers, who begin upstream of the park boundary and must portage around several stretches. It is a pristine place for amateur astronomy related activities with binoculars and small telescopes, plus night photography of the milky way due to it being the only state park in Minnesota that has minimal levels of light pollution. Media appearances The Devil's Kettle is featured in the crime novel The Big Law (1998) by Chuck Logan. The horror film Jennifer's Body (2009) depicts a highly fictionalized version of the falls and a wholly fictitious town named after them. Naniboujou Lodge and the Devil's Kettle Falls are featured in the mystery anthology Sew Far, So Good (2009) by Monica Ferris. In two historical novels by acclaimed Minnesota author Peter Geye, The Lighthouse Road (2012) and Wintering (2016), this feature appears as The Devil's Maw, and is an important part of the plot. References Bibliography (Article on falls with drone video from above the falls.) External links Judge C.R. Magney State Park 1957 establishments in Minnesota Protected areas established in 1957 Protected