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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]
The Minnesota DNR also owns one island in Bill Horn Bay that they preserve. In the 1800s this was the island where the Sioux women and children hid from the attacking Ojibwa. In 1798, North West Company maintained a post on the western side of the lake; in 1830, American Fur Company established a post at the confluence of the Sandy River with ...
Notable companies Status: P=Private, S=State; A=Active, D=Defunct; Name Industry Sector Headquarters Founded Notes Status 3M: Conglomerate: Maplewood: 1902 In the fields of industry, worker safety, healthcare, and consumer goods. P A Abdallah Candies: Consumer goods Food products Apple Valley: 1909 Chocolatier and confectionery: P A Acorn Stores
This is a list of dams and reservoirs in the U.S. state of Minnesota and pertinent data in a sortable table. There are more than 1,250 dams in the state. There are more than 1,250 dams in the state. Over 800 are public facilities and of these 430 are owned by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources .
The Parks and Trails Division manages 76 state park and recreation areas, 56 primitive campgrounds within Minnesota State Forests, 35 designated state water trails (totalling over 4,500 miles), over 3,000 public water accesses, over 1,300 miles of state trails (600 miles of paved trails), and over 300 fishing piers throughout the state. [8]
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (Farmer Jack, Food Basics USA, The Food Emporium, Sav-A-Center, Super Fresh, Waldbaum's) H. H. Gregg Hartz Mountain Industries
Woman Lake is a 5,516 acres (22.32 km 2) lake in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. [1] The lake has 3 public accesses. The lake is part of a 4 lake chain called the Woman Lake Chain. Other lakes in the chain include Child Lake, Girl Lake and Little Woman Lake. The town of Longville, Minnesota can be accessed by boat from Woman Lake. The ...
The core cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul host many companies, with many others in the suburban cities. As of 2023, there were 14 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area, with another 5 companies listed in the Forbes Largest Private Companies list. [1]