Badger Lakes

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The Badger Lakes are a pair of lakes in Murray County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

The lakes are more precisely known as North Badger Lake [1] and South Badger Lake. [2]

These lakes were named for the badgers once seen there. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Badger Lake
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: South Badger Lake
  3. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 369.

Coordinates: 43°55′N95°44′W / 43.917°N 95.733°W / 43.917; -95.733