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The earliest documentation of the lake's name is "Tekamamiwen" (shown in French transliterated as "Lac de Tecamamiouen" on the Ochagach map (c. 1728). [6] The name was represented in various spellings: as "Lac Tacamamioüer" on the 1739 de l'Isle map, as "Lake Tecamaniouen" on the 1757 Mitchell Map, and as "Lake Tekamamigovouen" on the Thomas Jefferys 1762 Map of Canada).
A map of the river charted by an expedition in 1825 [2]. The river issues from the west side of Rainy Lake (French: lac à la Pluie; Ojibwe: Gojiji-zaaga'igan) and flows generally west-northwest, between International Falls, Minnesota, and Fort Frances, Ontario, and between Baudette, Minnesota, and Rainy River, Ontario.
Rainy Lake is an unorganized territory in Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,469 at the 2000 census. Geography.
Red Lake: Minnesota: 427 sq mi 1,106 km 2: natural [8] 17 Selawik Lake: Alaska: 404 sq mi 1,046 km 2: natural 18 Fort Peck Lake: Montana: 393 sq mi 1,018 km 2: man-made 19 Salton Sea: California: 347 sq mi 899 km 2: man-made salt [9] 20 Rainy Lake: Minnesota–Ontario: 345 sq mi 894 km 2: natural 21 Teshekpuk Lake: Alaska: 320 sq mi 829 km 2 ...
Ontario relief map Lake Superior at Neys Provincial Park Ontario Lake Huron Frozen Lake Erie Looking east across Lake Ontario to Toronto Scarborough bluffs Lake Ontario Lake Nipigon Rainy Lake from Tango Channel. This is a list of lakes of Ontario with an area larger than 400 km 2 (150 sq mi). [2] [3] [4]
Once over the height of land, rivers led west to Rainy Lake and the Rainy River. Duncan M'Gillivray called the Rainy the 'most beautiful river in the north'. [citation needed] George Simpson and many others made similar comments. The route went up the east side of Lake of the Woods and over the Rat Portage to the Winnipeg.
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Rainy Lake is a lake in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.. The lake is about 1.6 kilometres (1.0 mi) long and 0.4 kilometres (0.2 mi) wide and lies at an elevation of 325 metres (1,066 ft) about 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of the community of Gunter and 14 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of the community of Cloyne.