Pelican Lake (Crow Wing County, Minnesota)

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Pelican Lake
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Pelican Lake
Location Crow Wing County, Minnesota
Coordinates 46°34′34″N94°10′34″W / 46.57611°N 94.17611°W / 46.57611; -94.17611
Type lake

Pelican Lake is a lake in Crow Wing County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1]

Pelican Lake, a translation of the Ojibwe language name, was so named for the flocks of pelicans seen there. [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pelican Lake (Crow Wing County, Minnesota)
  2. ↑ Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  159.


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