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Lake Waconia is a lake located within the city limits of Waconia in Carver County, Minnesota in the United States. [ 1 ] Waconia is derived from a Sioux-language word meaning "fountain" or "spring".
Lake Waconia off Minnesota Highway 5: Waconia: 31-acre (13 ha) island with the ruins of hotels, cottages, and parks; one of Minnesota's most popular early resort destinations from the 1880s to the 1920s. 7: District No. 22 School
Waconia (/ w ə ˈ k oʊ n j ə / wə-KOHN-yə or / w ə ˈ k oʊ n i ə / wə-KOH-nee-ə) [4] is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. Waconia attracts visitors to nearby Lake Waconia, a lake locally renowned for its fishing and recreation opportunities. The city's population was 13,033 at the 2020 census. [5]
Whether day-tripping to Lake Waconia, the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Carver Park Preserve, Lake Minnewashta Regional Park, Big Stone Mini Golf, or simply allowing the food to be the ...
Coney Island of the West is an island in Lake Waconia in the U.S. state of Minnesota that was developed into a summer resort with its heyday from the 1880s to the 1920s. It continued operating up to 1960. The 31-acre (13 ha) island is part of Waconia Township just .5 miles (0.80 km) off the shore from the city of Waconia.
As of the census [1] of 2000, there were 1,284 people, 429 households, and 349 families residing in the township. The population density was 47.4 inhabitants per square mile (18.3/km 2).
Forecasted stormy weather and heavy rain is dampening July 4th celebrations in several Minnesota cities but at least two cities have moved their festivities up to tonight — Excelsior and Waconia.
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]