Detroit Lake (Minnesota)

Detroit Lake (Minnesota)
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Location	Becker county, Minnesota, United States
Coordinates	46°47′18″N95°49′21″W / 46.7883°N 95.8224°W / 46.7883; -95.8224
Primary inflows	Pelican River
Basin  countries	United States
Surface area	3,067 acres (1,241 hectares)
Max. depth	89 ft (27 m)
Shore length1	12.93 mi (20 km)
Surface elevation	1,368 ft (417 m)
Settlements	Detroit Lakes
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Detroit Lake is a lake, locally known as Big Detroit and Little Detroit, that has two distinct basins that are separated by a shallow gravel bar. At 3,067 acres, Detroit Lake is the largest lake within the Pelican River Watershed District and lies entirely within the city of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota municipal boundaries. ^[1]

Geological history

Detroit Lake was created about 10,000 years ago as the receding glaciers left thick deposits of gravel, sand and clay.   Broken from the glacier and imbedded in these deposits were large chunks of ice which, when melted, left depressions to become lakes, including Detroit. ^[2]

Fish species

black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, brown trout, bullheads, channel catfish, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, lake sturgeon, largemouth bass, muskellunge, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, sunfish, tullibee (cisco), walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, bowfin (dogfish), white sucker, banded killifish, blackchin shiner, blacknose shiner, bluntnose minnow, brook stickleback, central mudminnow, common shiner, creek chub, golden shiner, Iowa darter, Johnny darter, logperch, minnows, pugnose shiner, shiners, spottail shiner, tadpole madtom. ^[3]

See also

• List of lakes in Minnesota

References

1. "Detroit (Big and Little) – Pelican River Watershed District" . Retrieved 2023-12-18.
2. "Geological History | Information about Detroit Lake in Detroit Lakes, MN". lakedetroiters.com. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
3. "Detroit (03038100) | LakeFinder". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-18.