Elizabeth Lake (Wisconsin and Illinois)

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Elizabeth Lake
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Elizabeth Lake
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Elizabeth Lake
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Elizabeth Lake
Location Kenosha County, Wisconsin
McHenry County, Illinois
Coordinates 42°30′30″N88°16′08″W / 42.50822°N 88.26902°W / 42.50822; -88.26902
Type Lake
Etymologynamed for Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Basin  countries United States
Surface area725 acres (293 ha)
Max. depth32 ft (9.8 m)
Surface elevation794 ft (242 m)

Elizabeth Lake is a lake in Kenosha County, Wisconsin and McHenry County, Illinois. [1]

Elizabeth Lake was named for Elizabeth Barrett Browning, an English poet. [2]

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elizabeth Lake (Wisconsin and Illinois)
  2. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 92.