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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 prevalence of lakes has generated many repeat names.
There are about 123 species of fishes found naturally in Minnesota waters, including Lake Superior. The following list is based on the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources . The species data on this page is taken from the Minnesota DNR, which also uses several labels to indicate a fish's status within Minnesota waters.
The lake has a surface area of approximately 203 acres and a maximum depth of 68 feet. [2] The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (Minnesota DNR) lists fish species present in Square Lake as: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Crappie, Rainbow Trout, Bullhead species, and Yellow Perch. [3]
In 1870, Trout Lake Township, or 55 N Range 24 W of the 4th PM (principal meridian), was surveyed as part of the Public Land Survey System.According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.7 square miles (89.8 km 2), of which 30.5 square miles (79.1 km 2) is land and 4.1 square miles (10.7 km 2), or 11.91%, is water.
Lake Florence Dam, Stewartville, Minnesota – Root River (built 1910s, damaged 1993, removed 1994 - Lake Florence no longer exists) [14] Meeker Island Lock and Dam – Mississippi River (built 1907, became obsolete and removed 1920) [17] Mill Pond Dam, Appleton, Minnesota – Pomme de Terre River (removed after being damaged in a 1997 flood) [18]
Burntside Lake is a 7,139-acre (28.89 km 2) lake, located 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Ely, Minnesota, in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.Its western boundary adjoins the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on Tamarack Creek.
These streams have been designated as opportunities for trout fishing in southern Minnesota. "Trout angling: southern Minnesota, Trout angling opportunities maps" . Minnesota DNR .
Regarded as a bass/panfish lake in the 1950s and 1960s, the lake is now managed primarily for rainbow trout and walleye. [2] The DNR turned Bad Medicine Lake into a trout lake in 1977, following an explosion of native crayfish that eliminated the vegetation used by bass and panfish . [ 1 ]