Hanging Horn Lake

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Hanging Horn Lake
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Hanging Horn Lake
Location Carlton County, Minnesota
Coordinates 46°28′40″N92°41′41″W / 46.47778°N 92.69472°W / 46.47778; -92.69472 Coordinates: 46°28′40″N92°41′41″W / 46.47778°N 92.69472°W / 46.47778; -92.69472
Type lake

Hanging Horn Lake is a lake in Carlton County, Minnesota, in the United States. [1]

"Hanging Horn" is probably an English translation of the Ojibwe-language name. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hanging Horn Lake
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  78.