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Lake Minnetonka (Dakota: Mní iá Tháŋka [1]) is a lake located about 16 miles (26 km) west-southwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lake Minnetonka has about 23 named bays and areas. [2] The lake lies within Hennepin and Carver counties and is surrounded by 13 incorporated municipalities. At 14,528 acres (5,879 ha), it is Minnesota's ninth ...
The Minnehaha Creek in its name refers to the water link from Lake Minnetonka to the Mississippi River. The watershed is much larger than a lake or creek, and includes 29 communities, and encompasses 178 square miles (460 km 2). It stretches west from roughly Minnehaha Falls to Saint Bonifacius and north to Maple Plain.
The Crane Island Historic District is a historic district of vacation properties on Crane Island in Lake Minnetonka, part of the city of Minnetrista, Minnesota, United States. It consists of a number of private residential summer cottages and some communal amenities.
Spring Park is a city nestled on the shores of Lake Minnetonka in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States and is about 20 miles west of Minneapolis. The population was 1,669 at the 2010 census. [3] The small town is rich in history. What is now Spring Park was once the grounds of Hotel Del Otero, a summer lake resort built by James J. Hill ...
Wayzata (/ w aɪ ˈ z ɛ t ə / wy-ZET-ə) is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.The population was 4,434 at the 2020 census. [2] The city is about 12 miles (19 kilometres) west of Minneapolis and is situated on the northern shore of Lake Minnetonka, the ninth largest lake in the state.
1853 – Reverend Stephen Hull comes to the area. He creates the first narrows, “Hull’s Narrows,” located nearby present-day County Road 19 north of West Point Road. The Narrows allows boats to pass between Upper and Lower Lake Minnetonka. 1864 - Horticulturist Peter Gideon claimed 160 acres (0.65 km 2) in what would become Tonka Bay.
Big Island Park (commonly referred to as Big Island Amusement Park) was a popular tourist destination that existed near Minneapolis, Minnesota between 1906 and 1911 on Lake Minnetonka's Big Island. Today the property is a municipal nature park owned by the City of Orono , sometimes referred to as Big Island Nature Park to distinguish it from ...
It includes the Lake Minnetonka islands of Spray, Shady, and part of Enchanted. These islands are more accessible from the nearby city of Mound that provides them with postal services, fire protection, and schools.