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The two parts of the lake are known as Upper Red Lake and Lower Red Lake. Lower Red Lake lies entirely within the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Total size is 444 square miles (1,150 km 2), with a maximum depth of 33 feet (10 m) in the lower portion of the lake. The elevation of the lake is maintained by a dam at the outflow that is the beginning ...
The fishing-dependent community suffered after a disastrous fall in walleyed pike or walleye (Sander vitreus) population in both basins of Upper and Lower Red Lakes during the 1990s. In 2002 members of the Upper Red Lake Area Association pushed the idea of a new state park, soon after nearly 10,000 acres (40 km 2 ) were classified as the Big ...
Lower Red Lake: Surface area: Upper Red Lake is 120,000 acres (49,000 ha): 60% (72,000 acres) of which is under the jurisdiction of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians (Red Lake Band), 40% (48,000 acres) falls under the jurisdiction of the State of Minnesota. Max. depth: 15 ft (4.6 m)
Newly introduced legislation in the Minnesota House and Senate proposes giving all state-owned land within 1 mile of Upper Red Lake to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. State Sen. Mary Kunesh, DFL ...
The community is notable as the only settlement on either Upper or Lower Red Lake not within the boundaries of Red Lake Indian Reservation. It is the location of Big Bog State Recreation Area. Waskish is derived from the Ojibwe-language word meaning "deer". [5]
For good measure, the proposals also would award the band the 84,000-acre Red Lake State Forest, which abuts the southeast corner of Upper Red Lake. The ... Anderson: Courts, not the Legislature ...
Red Lake (Ojibwe: Ogaakaaning) [4] is a census-designated place (CDP) within the Lower Red Lake unorganized territory located in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2020 census , Red Lake had a total population of 1,786. [ 5 ]
The land area of the Reservation is located mainly around Lower Red Lake and west of that and Upper Red Lake. The land is covered by prime forest . According to the United States Census Bureau in 2020, the reservation has a total area of 1,260.32 square miles (3,264.2 km 2 ), of which 883.09 square miles (2,287.2 km 2 ) is land and 377.23 ...