Erin Lake

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Erin Lake
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Erin Lake
Location Sibley County, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°40′2″N93°58′20″W / 44.66722°N 93.97222°W / 44.66722; -93.97222 Coordinates: 44°40′2″N93°58′20″W / 44.66722°N 93.97222°W / 44.66722; -93.97222
Type lake

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

Formally named Mud Lake, the city voted to rename the lake after Erin Farber, to which it is now known as Erin Lake. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Erin Lake
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 519.