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Lake Waconia is a lake located within the city limits of Waconia in Carver County, Minnesota in the United States. [ 1 ] Waconia is derived from a Sioux-language word meaning "fountain" or "spring".
Lake Waconia off Minnesota Highway 5: Waconia: 31-acre (13 ha) island with the ruins of hotels, cottages, and parks; one of Minnesota's most popular early resort destinations from the 1880s to the 1920s. [11] 7: District No. 22 School
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]
Coney Island of the West is an island in Lake Waconia in the U.S. state of Minnesota that was developed into a summer resort with its heyday from the 1880s to the 1920s. It continued operating up to 1960. The 31-acre (13 ha) island is part of Waconia Township just .5 miles (0.80 km) off the shore from the city of Waconia.
Waconia (/ w ə ˈ k oʊ n j ə / wə-KOHN-yə or / w ə ˈ k oʊ n i ə / wə-KOH-nee-ə) [6] is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. Waconia attracts visitors to nearby Lake Waconia, a lake locally renowned for its fishing and recreation opportunities. The population was 13,033 at the 2020 census. [4]
Pillsbury, Minnesota. 1 language. ... Pillsbury is an unincorporated community in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. [1] [2] Notes This page was last edited ...
The forest borders Gull Lake and the city of Lake Shore to the north. The forest is managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The name of the forest is derived from John S. Pillsbury, the former Governor of Minnesota, who donated the original 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2) of land that became the state forest. [2]
He later moved to Minnesota in 1855, claiming 160 acres (65 ha) near the southeastern shore of Lake Waconia. [3] [4] He kept a series of daily diaries and ledgers dating from 1850 until a few days until his death in 1898. Peterson's diary was donated by his family to the Minnesota Historical Society in 1939.