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  2. Lake Minnetonka - Wikipedia

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    Lake Minnetonka (Dakota: Mní iá Tháŋka [1]) is a lake located about 16 miles (26 km) west-southwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lake Minnetonka has about 23 named bays and areas. [2] The lake lies within Hennepin and Carver counties and is surrounded by 13 incorporated municipalities. At 14,528 acres (5,879 ha), it is Minnesota's ninth ...

  3. Crane Island Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Lake Minnetonka had been a popular recreation area after the American Civil War, drawing vacationers from the eastern and southern United States and later from Minneapolis as it grew. Crane Island had escaped development because it had been a heron rookery. A storm in 1906 blew down most of the trees from the center of the island.

  4. Halstead's Bay - Wikipedia

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    Halstead's Bay (sometimes spelled Halsted's) is the westernmost bay of Lake Minnetonka. It is in the cities of Minnetrista and Mound, in Hennepin County, Minnesota. It is named for the settler Frank W. Halsted, [1] who migrated to its shores in 1855. Its main tributary is Six Mile Creek that enters the bay from the west. Access to the bay is ...

  5. Lake Country dining, suburban edition: Where to eat and ... - AOL

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    Lake Waconia is a sparkling recreational hub that sometimes gets overshadowed by the other big lake to its north, sprawling Minnetonka. But its charms are well known to the people who make this ...

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  7. Tonka Bay, Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    1853 – Reverend Stephen Hull comes to the area. He creates the first narrows, “Hull’s Narrows,” located nearby present-day County Road 19 north of West Point Road. The Narrows allows boats to pass between Upper and Lower Lake Minnetonka. 1864 - Horticulturist Peter Gideon claimed 160 acres (0.65 km 2) in what would become Tonka Bay.

  8. Big Island Park - Wikipedia

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    Big Island Park (commonly referred to as Big Island Amusement Park) was a popular tourist destination that existed near Minneapolis, Minnesota between 1906 and 1911 on Lake Minnetonka's Big Island. Today the property is a municipal nature park owned by the City of Orono , sometimes referred to as Big Island Nature Park to distinguish it from ...

  9. Spring Park, Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Spring Park is a city nestled on the shores of Lake Minnetonka in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States and is about 20 miles west of Minneapolis. The population was 1,669 at the 2010 census. [3] The small town is rich in history. What is now Spring Park was once the grounds of Hotel Del Otero, a summer lake resort built by James J. Hill ...

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