Lichen Lake (Minnesota)

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Lichen Lake
Location Cook County, Minnesota, US
Coordinates 47°50′30″N90°43′48″W / 47.84167°N 90.73000°W / 47.84167; -90.73000
Primary outflows Poplar River
Basin  countriesUnited States
Surface area276 acres (1 km2)

Lichen Lake is a 276-acre lake in Cook County, Minnesota which is a tributary to the Poplar River. [1] It sits 1781 feet above sea level. [2] Lichen Lake previously also went by the name Beaver Lake, but was formally affirmed in the present name in 1959 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [2]

A Minnesota DNR water plant survey of Lichen Lake found it to be home to numerous varieties of pondweed, burreed, and dozens of other species of plants. Ten different species were collected for the University of Minnesota herbarium. [3] Lichen Lake is home to populations of walleye, northern pike, smallmouth bass, muskellunge, yellow perch, and white sucker. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Lichen Lake Information Report. 2013. Accessed September 1, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Lichen Lake". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved September 1, 2013.
  3. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. List of Plant Species Observed at Lichen Lake. 2009. Accessed September 1, 2013.