Bloody Lake

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Bloody Lake
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Bloody Lake
Location Murray County, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°7′47″N95°40′3″W / 44.12972°N 95.66750°W / 44.12972; -95.66750 Coordinates: 44°7′47″N95°40′3″W / 44.12972°N 95.66750°W / 44.12972; -95.66750
Type lake

Bloody Lake is a lake in Murray County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1]

The name Bloody Lake commemorates the Dakota War of 1862. [2]

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References

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