Brule Lake

There is also a Brûlé Lake in western Alberta, Canada.
Brule Lake
Location Iron County, Michigan / Forest County, Wisconsin, USA
Primary outflows Brule River
Basin countries United States
Max. length 2 mi (3.2 km)
Surface area 250 acres (1.0 km2)
Surface elevation 1,552 ft (473 m)
References U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brule Lake

Brule Lake forms part of the border between the States of Michigan and Wisconsin[1] and is the headwater of the Brule River at .[2]

The source of the name is the Ojibwa name for the river, "Wisakota", meaning burned or burnt, which the French Voyageurs translated as Brûlé.

Notes

  1. ^ United States Congress (May 1964) [1862]. "29th Congress, 1st Session". In George Minot. Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America. A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875.. IX. Library of Congress (reprint ed.). Boston: Little, Brown. p. 56. LCCN 98-660546. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=009/llsl009.db&recNum=83. Retrieved 2008-11-03. 
  2. ^ Rohde, William C. "Wisconsin-Upper Michigan State Boundary Surveys". WSLS Online Library. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors. http://www.wsls.org/wis-mich.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-04.