Here are the 8 lakes we have listed within USA > Midwest > Minnesota - sorted A-Z. Suggest a new lake.
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Lake of the Woods
(Manitoba, Ontario, Minnesota) |
Spanning the border from Minnesota into the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, Lake of the Woods is an enormous body of water over 68 miles long, 59 miles wide, with 25,000 miles of shoreline. The western part of the lake is mostly open water, while the eastern part is dotted with more than ... |
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Lake Pepin (near Lake City, MN)
(Minnesota, Wisconsin) |
Lake Pepin was formed about 9,500 years ago by a natural dam of sand and silt deposited where the Chippewa River meets the Mighty Mississippi. The glacial lake is gradually filling with sediment; it once extended to St. Paul. Lake Pepin occupies a 28-mile portion of the border between Minnesota ... |
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Lake Superior
(Ontario, Great Lakes, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin) |
Lake Superior is the largest, deepest, coldest, cleanest, least developed, and most pristine of all the Great Lakes. Lake Superior is the world's largest freshwater lake measured by surface area -- and the world's fourth largest measured by volume. Its lowest depth, 1,333 feet beneath its surface ... |
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Lake Vermilion
(Minnesota) |
Lake Vermilion was declared one of National Geographic's Top Ten Scenic U.S. lakes in 1940. Many claim it still is today. With 39,272 acres of surface and 290 miles of shoreline (1,200 including the shorelines of its 365 islands), Lake Vermilion is Minnesota's fifth largest, with hundreds of bays and ... |
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Lake Winnibigoshish
(Minnesota) |
Lake Winnibigoshish is located in the Chippewa National Forest in the north central part Minnesota near Deer River. Lake Winnie's basin was formed by a huge ice block left behind by a receding glacier. The larger reservoir is formed by a dam on the Mississippi that backs up 67,000 acres of surface water ... |
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Mille Lacs Lake
(Minnesota) |
Mille Lacs Lake, the "Walleye Capital of the World", is located in central Minnesota about 200 miles due north of Minneapolis, near Garrison. It is Minnesota's second largest inland lake. At 132,000 acres (just over 200 square miles), Mille Lacs Lake is a big, round, fairly shallow (max. depth: 42 feet) ... |
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Pelican Lake (near Orr)
(Minnesota) |
Pelican Lake lies adjacent to the small town of Orr in St. Louis County. Pelican Lake has 54 miles of shoreline and is peppered with 53 islands. [There are more than 10 Pelican Lakes in Minnesota; this is the largest.] Pelican Lake's shoreline is extensively developed with homes, cottages, and resorts. Pelican ... |
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Rainy Lake
(Ontario, Minnesota) |
Rainy Lake forms a portion of the border between the USA and Canada, near International Falls and Ranier, Minnesota. It is a water sports lover's paradise. Rainy Lake's sprawling 221,000 acres (345 sq. miles) of surface water lap against 929 miles of exterior shoreline, with another 635 miles of ... |
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