Rat Root Lake

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Rat Root Lake
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Rat Root Lake
Location Koochiching County, Minnesota
Coordinates 48°30′9″N93°16′44″W / 48.50250°N 93.27889°W / 48.50250; -93.27889 Coordinates: 48°30′9″N93°16′44″W / 48.50250°N 93.27889°W / 48.50250; -93.27889
Type lake

Rat Root Lake is a lake in Koochiching County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1]

Rat Root Lake was named for the roots eaten by muskrats. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rat Root Lake
  2. Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  285.