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Big Sandy Lake is a lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, approximately nine miles north of McGregor. The lake is considered fertile walleye ground with several habitat types, including the open main basin, the deep, cold eastern basin, and a shallow, more isolated south basin.
At about 10 metres (33 ft) deep, and with a surface area of 8,083.5 hectares (19,975 acres), Big Sandy Lake is a relatively shallow lake for its size. Several creeks and rivers flow into the lake from the slopes of the Cub Hills, nearby smaller lakes, and surrounding muskeg. Some of those lakes include Jayjay, Minnow, Warne, Floren, and Beck.
The original village was seasonally mobile, located anywhere along the shores of Big Sandy Lake or along the Savanna Portage, fostering both trade along the portage and of hunting, fishing and gathering of foods, medicine and other materials. In 1850, without much notice Sandy Lake hosted the United States' annuity payments to the Ojibwe.
Big Sandy is a town in Upshur County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census , the town's population was 1,231. [ 4 ] A lake of the same name is cut nearly in half by U.S. Highway 80 , the main thoroughfare of Big Sandy.
Big Sandy is located at (36.234203, -88.085869). [7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2), all land. Big Sandy is concentrated around the intersection of State Route 69A and State Route 147.
The river begins at Big Sandy Lake [3] and flows in a north-easterly direction into Deschambault Lake. The river's tributaries originate in the Cub Hills and the river itself is within the Sturgeon-Weir River drainage basin. Bear River is the largest tributary.
Largest lake, shared with South Dakota. Long 155 5 mph Brown south of Ainsworth Mallard Landing 90 Douglas County: private lake Maloney: 1,650 Lincoln: near North Platte McConaughy: 30,500 Keith: near Ogallala. Largest lake entirely within the State of Nebraska. Lake Minatare: 2,158 Scotts Bluff NE of Scotts Bluff Ogallala 650 5 mph Keith near ...
The Prairie River (Big Sandy Lake) is a river of Minnesota. The river is located in northern Minnesota, in northeast Aitkin County and southwest Saint Louis County. Prairie River is the English translation of the native Ojibwe language name. [1]