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Dutch Lake is a lake located in the state of Minnesota. It was named for its early German population. [1] It is a 159.50 acres (64.5474 ha) acre lake that is west-southwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul in the Minneapolis suburb of Mound and Minnetrista. It has an average depth of 15.15 feet (4.62 m) and a maximum depth of 45 ft (14 m).
Appearance. 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 ]
929 ft (283 m) Lake Langdon in Mound, Minnesota, has an area of 144 acres (0.6 km 2). Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) charts show its maximum depth of 38 feet (12 m), though it would be classified as a shallow lake with a mean depth of 8.3 feet (2.5 m). It is named for R. V. Langdon, [1] the first township clerk.
Saunders Lake is located in the United States state of Minnesota. It is a 70-acre (280,000 m 2) lake that is west-southwest of Minneapolis–St. Paul in the Minneapolis suburbs of Mound and Minnetrista. The first European settlers came to the area near Saunders Lake in the 1850s. In 1854, Nathaniel Sanders and J. F. Buck settled on its shores.
Mille Lacs is Minnesota's second-largest inland lake at 132,516 acres (536 km 2), after Red Lake. [1] The maximum depth is 42 feet (13 m). Much of the main lake has depths ranging from 20- to 38-feet. Gravel and rock bars are common in the southern half of the lake.
The museum was formed in late 1995 and was originally known as the Minnesota Lakes Maritime Museum. [1] However, the museum was not open to the public until October 4, 2004. It relocated to a new location in August 2006. An expansion on the museum's North Galley broke ground in 2008.
The 195-acre (79 ha) Mound Springs Recreational Reserve opened in 1937. In the 1950s trees were planted around the lakes and campground. The lower dam was destroyed by flooding in June 2014, draining Lower Mound Lake, and in June 2016 the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced the dam would not be rebuilt. The Frederick Manfred House
www.cityofmound.com. Mound is a city in western Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 9,052 at the 2010 census. [3] Mound was the birthplace of the Tonka truck that is named after Lake Minnetonka, which the eastern part of town sits on. Mound is 22 miles (35 km) west of Minneapolis, the county seat.