Battle Lake is a city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 686 at the 2000 census. The town is built around a lake where a battle was fought between the Ojibway and Sioux people around 1795. Glendalough State Park is nearby. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km²), of which, 1.2 square miles (3.1 km²) of it is land and 0.83% is water. Minnesota Highway 210 and Minnesota Highway 78 are two of the main routes in the community. {Full article} |