Pleasant Lake, North Dakota

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Pleasant Lake, North Dakota
Unincorporated community
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Pleasant Lake, North Dakota
Location within the state of North Dakota
Coordinates: 48°21′41″N99°48′07″W / 48.36139°N 99.80194°W / 48.36139; -99.80194
Country United States
State North Dakota
County Benson
Elevation
1,601 ft (488 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
Area code 701
GNIS feature ID1030746 [1]

Pleasant Lake is an unincorporated community in Benson County, North Dakota, United States. There had been a railroad station here named Pleasant Lake on the Great Northern Railway line. [2] It is within the Pleasant Lake Township.

The nearby lake is named Broken Bone Lake, after bison bones broken to extract bone marrow to make pemmican. [3] This lake is the location of the Pleasant Lake National Wildlife Refuge within the township.

Transportation

Amtrak’s Empire Builder, which operates between Seattle/Portland and Chicago, passes through the town on BNSF tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Rugby, 9 miles (14 km) to the west.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Lake, North Dakota
  2. ↑ Across America Via the Great Northern. United States: Rand, McNally, 1899.
  3. ↑ Upham, Warren. The Glacial Lake Agassiz. United States: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1895.


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