Stocking Lake (Wadena County, Minnesota)

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Stocking Lake
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Stocking Lake
Location Wadena County, Minnesota
Coordinates 46°45.75′N95°4′W / 46.76250°N 95.067°W / 46.76250; -95.067 Coordinates: 46°45.75′N95°4′W / 46.76250°N 95.067°W / 46.76250; -95.067
Type lake

Stocking Lake is a lake in Wadena County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1]

Stocking Lake was so named on account of its outline being shaped roughly like a stocking. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stocking Lake (Wadena County, Minnesota)
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  563.