Red Lake (Lake, Minnesota)
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| Geographical location | Beltrami County , Minnesota , USA | |
| Tributaries | Battle River , Blackduck River , Mud River , Tamarac River | |
| Drain | Red Lake River → Red River of the North → Winnipegsee → Nelson River → Hudson Bay | |
| Islands | no | |
| Places on the shore | Red Lake | |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 0 ′ N , 95 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 358 m | |
| surface | 1 106 km² | |
The Red Lake is a freshwater lake in the US state of Minnesota . With an area of 1,106 km², it is the seventh largest natural lake located entirely within the United States and ranks 16th overall.
The Red Lake is a remnant of the Ice Age Agassiz Lake . It is divided into two roughly oval pool, almost completely separated by the peninsula of Ponemah . The connection between the two, called "The Narrows", is less than a kilometer wide in places. The smaller Upper Red Lake in the north measures about 35 × 15 km, the larger basin in the south, the Lower Red Lake , about 40 × 20 km. The Red Lake is drained by the Red Lake River , a tributary of the Red River of the North . Extensive wetlands border the lake, especially in the north.
The area around Red Lake is sparsely populated. The lake is entirely in Beltrami County , the west bank of Lower Red Lake forms the border with Clearwater County . The largest place on the lake is Red Lake in the south. Almost all the water is part of the Indian reservation Red Lake Indian Reservation , the only exception is the Waskish Township on the east bank of the Upper Red Lake.
A dam, built in 1931 by the US Indian Service and renewed in 1951 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, regulates the flow of the lake and keeps the lake level at 358 m above sea level. M. The dam is primarily intended to prevent flooding on the Red Lake River.
Individual evidence
- ↑ nationalatlas.gov ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ A Red Lake Project History (English; PDF; 673 kB)
