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Rare example of a bridge built by the state highway department's recreational development division, constructed 1938–39 as part of an extensive New Deal project along the shore of Mille Lacs Lake. Also noted for its National Park Service rustic design. [35] 33: Sebre Lake Site (21-CW-55) Sebre Lake Site (21-CW-55) November 16, 1984
Mille Lacs Lake (/ m ə ˈ l æ k s / mə-LAKS, also called Lake Mille Lacs or Mille Lacs) is a large, shallow lake in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is located in the counties of Mille Lacs , Aitkin , and Crow Wing , roughly 75 miles north of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.
The Garrison Concourse's central monument. The Garrison Concourse stands on the northwest shore of Mille Lacs Lake, a major destination for recreational fishing.It was built on U.S. Route 169—which runs between Minneapolis–Saint Paul and the Iron Range cities—at its junction with Minnesota State Highway 18, leading toward Brainerd and several other major fishing lakes.
October 15, 1966 (Within Mille Lacs Kathio State Park: Vineland vicinity: Concentration of at least 17 archaeological sites in the contact-era homeland of the Dakota people—later taken over by the Ojibwe—with high potential to illuminate the development of the area's pre- and post-contact indigenous cultures.
The name Mille Lacs, meaning "thousand lakes" in French, was associated with Mille Lacs Lake in the region. (Its full name in French was Grand lac du pays des mille lacs.) This is the largest lake in the Brainerd Lakes Area, which French colonists and traders called the "Region of the Thousand Lakes" (Pays des mille lacs). [5]
Their historic home is Mille Lacs Lake (Dakota: Mde Wákhaŋ/Bde Wákhaŋ, Spirit/Mystic Lake) in central Minnesota. Together with the Wahpekute (Waȟpékhute – "Shooters Among the Trees"), they form the so-called Upper Council of the Dakota or Santee Sioux (Isáŋyáthi – "Knife Makers"). Today their descendants are members of federally ...
Vineland is in northwestern Mille Lacs County, in the northern part of Kathio Township. Its western border is the Crow Wing County line, while its eastern border is the shore of Mille Lacs Lake. U.S. Highway 169 runs through the community close to the lake, leading south 11 miles (18 km) to Onamia and north 9 miles (14 km) to Garrison.
Milaca Township is a township in Mille Lacs County, ... The population was 1,617 at the 2010 census. [3] Milaca is a truncated form of Mille Lacs Lake. [4] Geography