Farm Lake

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Farm Lake
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Farm Lake
Location Lake County, Minnesota
Coordinates 47°53′48″N91°43′32″W / 47.89667°N 91.72556°W / 47.89667; -91.72556 Coordinates: 47°53′48″N91°43′32″W / 47.89667°N 91.72556°W / 47.89667; -91.72556
Type lake

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

Farm Lake was named from the fact the Ojibwe Indians planted their crops there. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Farm Lake
  2. Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  296.