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North of the main chain the Palatlakaha River is lined with 8 lakes the surrounding area of which is within the city of Groveland. Hunt and Cook lakes are undeveloped and surrounded by swampland. Cherry Lake is the 4th largest lake and has rural development on its north shore. It approaches 18 feet (5.5 m) in depth averaging 10 feet (3.0 m). [16]
The Chain of Lakes includes seven parks, and its name dates back to the 19th century, when an article referred to "the chain of lakes which, 'like a necklace of diamond in settings of emerald,' enriches Minneapolis." [2] The Chain of Lakes district consists of Lake Harriet, Lyndale Park, Lyndale Farmstead, Bde Maka Ska, Lake of the Isles, Cedar ...
Some sources, including the City of Minneapolis's own geographic information system (GIS) dataset, list up to 22 lakes within the city. [17] [23] [24] [25] The dataset lists three lakes that are not within the city's borders: [5] [17] Mother Lake (48 acres [0.19 km 2]) Wirth Lake (39 acres [0.16 km 2]) [b] Taft Lake (14 acres [0.06 km 2])
Bde Maka Ska (/ b ə ˈ d eɪ m ə ˈ k ɑː s k ɑː / bə-DAY mə-KAH skah, [2] previously named Lake Calhoun) [3] [4] [5] is the largest lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, and part of the city's Chain of Lakes. Surrounded by city park land and circled by bike and walking trails, it is popular for many outdoor activities.
This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", Minnesota has 11,842 lakes of 10 acres (4.05 ha) or more. [1] The 1968 state survey found 15,291 lake basins, of which 3,257 were dry. [2] If all basins over 2.5 acres were counted, Minnesota would have 21,871 lakes. [3]
This category is for articles pertaining to lakes and reservoirs in Minneapolis Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lakes of Minneapolis . This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Lakes of Minnesota .
The Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed, commonly known as the Chain of Lakes, is a 75-mile-long (121 km) waterway consisting of 14 lakes and connecting rivers in the northwestern section of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, which empty into Lake Michigan.
Chain of Lakes (Winter Haven), Florida; Chain O'Lakes and Chain O'Lakes State Park (Illinois), in northeast Illinois; The Chain of Lakes (Minneapolis) area in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Chain of Lakes (Michigan) Chain of Lakes in Hill County, Montana; Fulton Chain Lakes, New York; Chain of Lakes (South Dakota)