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This is a list of lakes in Minnesota. Minnesota is known as The Land of 10,000 Lakes, but the official count of lakes more than ten acres (40,000 m²) in size is 11,842.[1] The only U.S. state with more lakes of this size is Alaska. All but four Minnesota counties (Mower, Olmsted, Pipestone and Rock) contain at least one natural lake.
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Name |
Area |
County(ies) |
Notes |
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Anderson Lake |
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Hennepin |
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Bad Medicine Lake |
799 acres |
Becker |
|
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Bass Lake |
|
Hennepin |
St. Louis Park, Minnesota |
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Bass Lake |
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Hennepin |
Maple Grove, Minnesota |
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Beebe Lake |
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Wright |
|
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Benton Lake |
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Carver |
|
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Big Detroit Lake |
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Becker |
|
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Big Stone Lake |
12,610 acres |
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Shared with South Dakota |
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Black Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Bryant Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
| 2 |
Bush Lake |
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Hennepin; Cass |
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Buzzle Lake |
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Beltrami |
|
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Carrigan Lake |
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Wright |
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Casey Lake |
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|
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Cass Lake |
25 mi² (65 km²) |
Cass, Beltrami |
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| 2 |
Cannon Lake |
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Goodhue, Rice |
|
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Cedar Island Lake |
|
Hennepin |
Maple Grove, Minnesota |
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Cedar Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Cedar Lake |
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Wright |
Annandale, Minnesota |
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Centenial Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Christmas Lake |
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Hennepin, Carver |
|
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Clearwater Lake |
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Clearwater |
|
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Chub Lake |
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Carlton |
|
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Cowly Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Crystal Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Coleman Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Cowly Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Crab Lake |
|
|
|
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Crane Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Crane Lake |
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St. Louis |
|
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Crooked Lake |
– |
Anoka |
|
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Cross Lake |
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Wabasha |
|
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Crystal Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Dean Lake |
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Wright |
|
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Diamond Lake |
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Aitkin |
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Diamond Lake |
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Cass |
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Diamond Lake |
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Cook |
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Diamond Lake |
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Hennepin |
Dayton, Minnesota |
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Diamond Lake |
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Hennepin |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Diamond Lake |
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Hubbard |
|
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Diamond Lake |
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Kandiyohi |
|
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Diamond Lake |
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La Sueur |
|
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Diamond Lake |
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Pope |
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Devil's Track Lake |
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Cook |
|
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Duck Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Dumbbell Lake |
|
Lake County, Minnesota |
Name comes from its shape; that of a dumbbell used in exercise. |
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Dutch Lake |
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Hennepin |
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Dutch Lake |
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Wright |
|
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Eagle Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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East Marsh Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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East Side Lake |
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Mower |
Man-made |
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Elysian |
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Waseca |
|
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Farr Lake |
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Anoka |
|
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Fish Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Forest Lake |
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Washington |
|
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Forest Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Fountain Lake |
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Wright |
|
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Fox Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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French Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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French Lake |
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McLeod |
|
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French Lake |
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Rice |
|
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Galpin Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Gleason Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Gervais Lake |
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Ramsey |
|
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Glen Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Goose Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Grass Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Green Lake |
|
Kandiyohi |
|
| 7+ |
Gull Lake |
– |
|
|
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Hadley Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Hafften Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Hart Lake |
|
Anoka |
|
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Haughey Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Hayden Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Henry Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Highland Lake |
|
Anoka |
|
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Hill Lake |
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Hill City |
|
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Holy Name Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Hyland Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Kabekona Lake |
2,252 acres |
Hubbard |
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Keller Lake |
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Lac qui Parle |
5,589 acres |
Lac qui Parle, Chippewa |
|
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Laddie Lake |
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Anoka |
|
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Lake Ann |
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Hennepin |
|
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Lake Ann |
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Wright |
|
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Lake Auburn |
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Hennepin |
|
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Lake Bemidji |
11 sq. mi |
Beltrami |
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Lake Benton |
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Lincoln |
|
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Lake Calhoun |
422 acres |
Hennepin |
|
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Lake Charlotte |
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Martin |
|
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Lake Charlotte |
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Wright |
|
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Lake Classen |
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Hennepin |
|
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Lake Como |
66.7 acres |
Ramsey |
Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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Lake Cornelia |
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Hennepin |
|
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Lake Emma |
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Wright |
|
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Lake George |
495 acres |
Anoka |
|
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Lake Girard |
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Hennepin |
|
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Lake Harriet |
335 acres |
Hennepin |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Lake Hiawatha |
53.5 acres |
Hennepin |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Lake Hubert |
|
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Lake Independence |
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Hennepin |
|
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Lake Itasca |
1.8 mi² (4.7 km²) |
Clearwater |
starting point of Mississippi River |
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Lake Kabetogama |
|
St. Louis |
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Lake Katrina |
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Hennepin |
|
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Lake Laura |
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Hennepin |
|
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Lake Louise |
|
Mower |
Man-made; part of Lake Louise State Park |
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Lake Lucy |
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Hennepin |
|
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Lake Manomin |
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Beltrami |
(Rice Lake) |
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Lake Marion |
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McLeod |
|
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Lake Minnetonka |
14,004 acres |
Hennepin |
|
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Lake Minnewashta |
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Hennepin |
|
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Lake Minnewaska |
|
Pope |
|
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Lake Nokomis |
204 acres |
Hennepin |
|
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Lake of the Isles |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Lake of the Woods |
|
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Shared with Canada |
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Lake Phalen |
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Ramsey |
|
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Lake Pepin |
40 sq. mi |
|
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Lake Rauchie |
|
Anoka |
|
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Lake Rebecca |
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Hennepin |
|
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Lake Riley |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Lake Rose |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Lake Saganaga |
|
|
Third-deepest natural lake in Minnesota at 240' |
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Lake Sarah |
|
Murray |
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Lake Sarah |
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Hennepin |
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Lake Sarah |
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Polk |
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Lake Shetek |
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Murray |
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Lake Superior |
36,670 mi² (82,100 km²) |
|
Shared with Wisconsin, Michigan, and Canada; largest lake in the world by surface area |
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Lake Susan |
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Hennepin |
|
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Lake Traverse |
11,200 acres |
|
shared with South Dakota |
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Lake Vermilion |
40,557 acres |
St. Louis |
|
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Lake Virginia |
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Hennepin |
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Lake Waconia |
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Carver |
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Lake Winnibigoshish |
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Lake Zumbro |
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Wabasha |
Man-Made for the Zumbro Power Dam |
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Langdon Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Leech Lake |
111,527 acres |
|
|
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Lemans Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Little Detroit Lake |
|
Becker |
|
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Little Long Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Lone Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Long Lake |
|
Anoka |
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Long Lake |
|
Anoka |
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Long Lake |
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Clearwater |
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Long Lake |
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Hennepin |
Minnestrista |
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Long Lake |
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Kandiyohi |
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Long Lake |
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Wright |
|
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Long Lost Lake |
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Clearwater |
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Long Meadow Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Loon Lake |
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Waseca |
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Lotus Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Louzers Lake |
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Wright |
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Lower Cullen Lake |
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Lower Penn Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Lunsten Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Many Point Lake |
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Becker |
|
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Maple Lake |
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Douglas |
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McCay Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Medicine Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Middle Twin Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Mille Lacs Lake |
207 mi² |
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Mitchell Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Mooney Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Moore Lake |
|
Anoka |
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Moose Lake |
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Beltrami, Clearwater |
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Mother Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Mt Normandale Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
| 70+ |
Mud Lake |
– |
Hennepin, Carver, Wright, Kandiyohi |
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Neill Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Nest Lake |
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Kandiyohi |
|
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North Long Lake |
~6,000 acres (24 km²) |
|
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Oak Lake |
|
Carver |
|
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Okamanpeedan Lake |
2,300 acres |
|
Shared with Iowa |
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Orchard Lake |
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Otter Tail Lake |
21 mi² |
Otter Tail |
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Ox Yolk Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Palmer Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Parkers Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Peter Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Pike Lake |
|
Anoka |
|
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Pokegama Lake |
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Itasca |
|
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Pomerleau Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Portsmouth Mine Pit Lake |
121 acres |
|
Man-made; second deepest lake in state at over 450 ft |
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Rainy Lake |
345 mi² (894 km²) |
Koochiching |
Headwaters of the Rainy River, and comprises the local US-Canadian border |
|
Red Lake |
443.5 sq. mi |
Beltrami |
Minnesota's largest wholly-contained lake |
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Red Rock Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
| 100+ |
Rice Lake |
– |
Hennepin,Steele, straddling Wright and Carver |
|
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Rice Marsh Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Richfield Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Ringo Lake |
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Kandiyohi |
|
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Roberd's Lake |
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Rice |
|
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Robina Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
| 36+ |
Round Lake |
– |
Hennepin, Anoka, Wright |
|
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Rose Lake |
|
Cook County, Minnesota |
Shared with Canada in the Boundary Waters / Quetico wilderness parks. At its southernmost point is reached from Duncan Lake via the Stairway Portage. |
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Ruckles Lake |
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Wright |
|
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Ryan Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Sakatah |
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Le Sueur |
|
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Sawbill Lake |
|
Cook |
|
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Scandinavian Lake |
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Pope |
|
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Seton Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Silver Lake |
|
Anoka and Hennepin |
|
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Saunders Lake |
70 acres |
Hennepin |
|
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Schednel Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Schmidt Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Schutz Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Schwappauff Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Snelling Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Spellman Lake |
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Yellow Medicine |
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Spoon Lake |
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Spring Lake |
|
Anoka |
|
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Spurzem Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Staring Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Stieger Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Stone Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Sullivan Lake |
|
Anoka |
|
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Sweeney Lake |
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Hennepin |
|
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Sylvan Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Swamp Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Tanager Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Ten Mile Lake |
|
Cass |
Fourth-deepest natural lake in Minnesota at 209' |
|
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Tetonka |
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Le Sueur |
|
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Tuey Lake |
|
Wright |
|
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Twin Lake |
|
Hennepin |
Golden Valley, Minnesota |
|
Twin Lake |
|
Hennepin |
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota and Crystal, Minnesota |
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Upper Hay Lake |
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|
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Upper Twin Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
| 2 |
Vermilion Lake |
40,557 acres (164 km²) |
St. Louis, Cass |
Veterans Lake
|
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West Marsh Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Whaletail Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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White Bear Lake |
|
Ramsey, Washington |
|
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Wirth Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Wolsfeld Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Wolsfield Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Wood Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
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Wood Lake |
432 acres |
Yellow Medicine |
|
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Yager Lake |
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Wright |
|
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Zumbra Lake |
|
Hennepin |
|
[Trout lake] [Pelican lake] [Mink lake]
[edit] See also
Norberg lake, Bear Head lake state park, Lake county Veterans Lake
[edit] Sources
