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The elevation of the lake is maintained by a dam at the outflow that is the beginning of Red Lake River, this being at the middle, western edge of Lower Red Lake. The lake is a popular destination for ice fishing. In the early 2022 fishing season an incident occurred, involving around 200 people laying on the ice sheet on Upper Red Lake.
Pokegama Lake is the name used for two lakes in the U.S. state of Minnesota. One is located near Grand Rapids in Itasca County. [1] [2] The lake was made into a reservoir by the construction of the Pokegama Lake Dam on the Mississippi River in Cohasset, Minnesota. The other Pokegama is located near Pine City in Pine County. [3]
Cross Lake is a translation from the Ojibwa bimijigamaa, meaning "a lake that traverses (another body of water)", and is located 13 miles (21 km) from the river's mouth. Pokegama Lake, located 17.5 miles (28.2 km) from the river's mouth, gets its name from the Ojibwa bakegamaa , meaning "a side-lake (of another body of water)".
Newly introduced legislation in the Minnesota House and Senate proposes giving all state-owned land within 1 mile of Upper Red Lake to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. State Sen. Mary Kunesh, DFL ...
Pokegama (/ p ə ˈ k ɛ ɡ ɒ ˌ m ɑː /) is an unincorporated community in Pokegama Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States; along the southern shores of Pokegama Lake.Its name in Ojibwe is Bakegamaang, meaning "at the side-lake", referring to Pokegama Lake's position to the Snake River.
The fishing-dependent community suffered after a disastrous fall in walleyed pike or walleye (Sander vitreus) population in both basins of Upper and Lower Red Lakes during the 1990s. In 2002 members of the Upper Red Lake Area Association pushed the idea of a new state park, soon after nearly 10,000 acres (40 km 2 ) were classified as the Big ...
The land area of the Reservation is located mainly around Lower Red Lake and west of that and Upper Red Lake. The land is covered by prime forest . According to the United States Census Bureau in 2020, the reservation has a total area of 1,260.32 square miles (3,264.2 km 2 ), of which 883.09 square miles (2,287.2 km 2 ) is land and 377.23 ...
Lower Red Lake: Surface area: Upper Red Lake is 120,000 acres (49,000 ha): 60% (72,000 acres) of which is under the jurisdiction of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians (Red Lake Band), 40% (48,000 acres) falls under the jurisdiction of the State of Minnesota. Max. depth: 15 ft (4.6 m)