Circle Lake

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Circle Lake
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Circle Lake
Location Rice County, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°24′45″N93°20′45″W / 44.41250°N 93.34583°W / 44.41250; -93.34583 Coordinates: 44°24′45″N93°20′45″W / 44.41250°N 93.34583°W / 44.41250; -93.34583
Type lake

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

Circle Lake was so named for the fact part of the lake forms a rough circle around a lake island. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Circle Lake
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  465.