Mille Lacs Lake
Lake in the state of Minnesota, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the lake in Ontario, see Lac des Mille Lacs.
Mille Lacs Lake (/məˈlæks/ mə-LAX, also called Lake Mille Lacs or Mille Lacs) is a large but shallow lake in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is located in the counties of Mille Lacs, Aitkin, and Crow Wing, roughly 75 miles north of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.
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Mille Lacs Lake | |
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Lac des Mille Lacs (French) | |
Location | Aitkin / Mille Lacs / Crow Wing Counties, Minnesota, US |
Coordinates | 46°14′17.27″N 93°38′36.29″W |
Type | moraine-dammed lake |
Primary inflows | Garrison Creek, Seguchie Creek, Peterson Creek, and Thain's River |
Primary outflows | Rum River |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 132,516 acres (207 sq mi; 536 km2) |
Max. depth | 42 ft (13 m) |
Surface elevation | 1,251 ft (381 m) |
Settlements | see list |
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Mille Lacs means "thousand lakes" in French. In the Ojibwe language of the people who historically occupied this area, the lake is called Misi-zaaga'igan ("grand lake").