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Albert Lea, c. 1862 The city is named after Albert Lea Lake, which was named after Albert Miller Lea, a topographer with the United States Dragoons, who surveyed southern Minnesota and northern Iowa in 1835, including the current site of Albert Lea. [8] Captain Nathan Boone, a son of Daniel Boone, was the scout for Lea's unit.
Fountain Lake is a lake in Wright County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [ 1 ] Fountain Lake was so named on account of there being many springs in its vicinity.
Freeborn County lies on Minnesota's border with Iowa. The Shell Rock River flows southward from Albert Lea Lake in central Freeborn County, crossing into Iowa. Turtle Creek flows eastward through the upper eastern part of the county, crossing into Mower County. The terrain is hilly and etched with drainages and gullies.
Albert Lea Tribune, Minn. December 8, 2023 at 7:48 PM ... Lutheran Community on Friday announced the addition of an eagle camera for its widely followed eagle's nest at its Fountain Lake campus.
Jun. 23—Main Street in Albert Lea was closed to motorists Sunday afternoon as floodwaters continued to rise. ... City crews had put sandbags along the shore of Fountain Lake near the dam and ...
) in Albert Lea runs along US 65 between exits 8 and 12 on I-35. The route begins at a quarter cloverleaf interchange with exit 8 and runs northwest along US 65, a four-lane at-grade divided highway. North of 7th Avenue, the routes curve straight north onto South Broadway Avenue and becomes a two-lane undivided highway.
Jul. 13—An Albert Lea man was recovered Thursday in Fountain Lake after an apparent drowning near the Edgewater Bay boat landing. The Freeborn County Sheriff's Office identified the man as 66 ...
Myre-Big Island State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, just outside the city of Albert Lea. It has an area of 1,578 acres (6.39 km 2). The park protects 8 miles (13 km) of shoreline on Albert Lea Lake. The nucleus of the park is Big Island, a 117-acre (0.47 km 2) island attached to the mainland by a causeway. In turn a causeway connects ...