Lake Emma (South Dakota)

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Lake Emma
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Lake Emma
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Lake Emma
Location Marshall County, South Dakota
Coordinates 45°41′04″N97°13′54″W / 45.6845522°N 97.2316653°W / 45.6845522; -97.2316653
Type lake
Surface elevation1,952 feet (595 m)

Lake Emma is a natural lake in the U.S. state of South Dakota. [1]

According to a Native American legend, the lake bears the name of Emma Mato, a woman who repeatedly returned to the lake to search for her lover, who drowned there. [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Emma (South Dakota)
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.2. University of South Dakota. p. 25.
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