| Lake Manitou | |
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  Lake Manitou  Lake Manitou | |
| Location | Rochester, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 41°3′35.78″N86°11′31.94″W / 41.0599389°N 86.1922056°W |
| Type | artificial lake |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 775 acres (314 ha) |
| Average depth | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Max. depth | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Shore length1 | 8 mi (13 km) |
| Surface elevation | 781 ft (238 m) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Lake Manitou is a man-made lake in Rochester, Indiana, created in 1827 by the federal government of the United States for the Potowatomi Native American tribe. The lake was created as a part of the treaty with the Potowatomi that required the U.S. government to create a mill for Potowatomi use. [1] The Potowatomi originally called the lake Man-I-Toe which translated to the Devil's Lake due to the belief that a monster lived in the lake. [2] The lake contains about 775 acres (3.14 km2) of open water, [3] with a maximum depth of 65 feet (20 m).
