Green Mountain Lake

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Green Mountain Lake
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Green Mountain Lake
Location Wright County, Minnesota
Coordinates 45°10′N93°47.5′W / 45.167°N 93.7917°W / 45.167; -93.7917 Coordinates: 45°10′N93°47.5′W / 45.167°N 93.7917°W / 45.167; -93.7917
Type lake

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

Green Mountain Lake was named after the Green Mountains of Vermont, the native state of a share of the early settlers. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Green Mountain Lake
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  591.