Lichen Lake (Minnesota)

Lichen Lake
Location	Cook County, Minnesota, US
Coordinates	47°50′30″N 90°43′48″W / 47.84167°N 90.73000°W / 47.84167; -90.73000Coordinates: 47°50′30″N 90°43′48″W / 47.84167°N 90.73000°W / 47.84167; -90.73000
Primary outflows	Poplar River
Basin countries	United States

Surface area	276 acres (1 km²)

Lichen Lake is a 276 acre lake in Cook County, Minnesota which is tributary to the Poplar River.^[1] It sits 1781 feet above sea level.^[2] Lichen Lake previously also went by the name Beaver Lake, but was formally affirmed in the present name in 1959 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.^[2]

A Minnesota DNR water plant survey of Lichen Lake found it to be home to numerous varieties of pondweed, burreed, and dozens of other species of plants. Ten different species were collected for the University of Minnesota herbarium.^[3] Lichen Lake is home to populations of walleye, northern pike, smallmouth bass, muskellunge, yellow perch, and white sucker.^[1]

References

1 2 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Lichen Lake Information Report. 2013. Accessed September 1, 2013.
1 2 United States Board on Geographic Names. Lichen Lake. 1980. Accessed September 1, 2013.
↑ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. List of Plant Species Observed at Lichen Lake. 2009. Accessed September 1, 2013.

Lakes and Rivers in the Poplar River Watershed

Main Branch	Screech Lake Anderson Lake Corny Lake Iowa Lake Rice Lake Manymoon Lake Tack Lake Silver Lake Bulge Lake Dogtrot Lake Slip Lake Fleck Lake Crescent Lake Bouder Lake Lichen Lake Kinogami Lake Hilly Lake Lake Gust (Source)

Caribou Creek	Lake Agnes Caribou Lake Bigsby Lake Murmur Creek Pike Lake

Mistletoe Creek	Vat Lake Halls Pond Roast Lake Mistletoe Lake Holly Lake

Tait River	Christine Lake White Pine Lake Pengar Lake Strobus Lake Lake Clara Wills Lake Williams Lake Tait Lake

Barker Creek	Barker Lake Frisk Lake

Missouri Creek	Missouri Lake

Lakes over 100 acres in bold.

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