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The lake has a surface area of 1,593.22 acres and a maximum depth of 15 feet. [1] The lake is part of the Cannon River system that starts in Shields Lake, goes through Le Sueur and Rice counties and drains into the Mississippi River. [2] A survey of the lake in August 2009 showed the most predominant species of fish was the walleye.
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]
Fish Lake Reservoir, sometimes called Fish Lake Flowage, is a 3,526-acre (14.27 km 2) impoundment of the Beaver River, part of the Cloquet and Saint Louis River system, located 20 miles northwest of the city of Duluth, Minnesota. The Fish Lake Dam has been the site of archaeological excavations since 2000.
The 120-acre (49 ha) artificial lake is a former iron mining pit in the Cuyuna Range that has since filled with water. It is part of the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area, located in Crow Wing County. The lake is within Crosby city limits. The Minnesota DNR has repeatedly stocked the lake with brook and rainbow trout.
Lake Winnibigoshish is a body of water in north central Minnesota in the Chippewa National Forest. Its name comes from the Ojibwe language Wiinibiigoonzhish , a diminutive and pejorative form of Wiinibiig , meaning "filthy water" (i.e., "brackish water").
The Minnesota DNR ranks Lake Vermilion as the fifth largest lake by surface area for bodies of water entirely within Minnesota borders. The surface area of Lake Vermilion is 39,271 acres (158.9 km 2) and has a maximum depth of 76 feet (23 m). [3] It is located within the southernmost section of the Canadian Shield, and contains over 365 islands ...
Leech Lake (translated from the Ojibwe language Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag: Lake abundant with bloodsuckers) is a lake located in north central Minnesota, United States. It is southeast of Bemidji , located mainly within the Leech Lake Indian Reservation , and completely within the Chippewa National Forest .
Brainerd, Nisswa, Merrifield Minnesota At 6,000 acres (24 km 2 ), North Long Lake is one of the larger lakes in the Brainerd Lakes Area of the U.S. state of Minnesota . External links