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Shorewood is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 7,307 at the 2010 census . [ 2 ] Located on Lake Minnetonka , State Highway 7 serves as a main route.
Circa 10,000 B.C. – Tonka Bay forms during the recession of the last glaciation – the Wisconsin. Upper and Lower Lake Minnetonka and the peninsula and bays that now make up Tonka Bay forms as the ice sheet retreats. 1852 – Signing of Treaty of Traverse des Sioux that opens up the Lake Minnetonka area to white settlement.
Minnetonka Beach (Officially The Village of Minnetonka Beach) is located on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. Originally part of Excelsior Township, Minnetonka Beach was the site of the Hotel Lafayette, which was built by the Minneapolis, Saint Paul, & Manitoba Railway (later part of the Great Northern Railway) in 1882.
Lake Minnetonka (Dakota: Mní iá Tháŋka [1]) is a lake located about 16 miles (26 km) west-southwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lake Minnetonka has about 23 named bays and areas. [2] The lake lies within Hennepin and Carver counties and is surrounded by 13 incorporated municipalities. At 14,528 acres (5,879 ha), it is Minnesota's ninth ...
Minnetonka Mills, with its post office and port for Lake Minnetonka, was the principal business and trading center for a large area until the 1870s. Between 1883 and 1956, the area within the original 36-square-mile (93 km 2 ) township grew smaller as Wayzata , Hopkins , Deephaven , Woodland and Saint Louis Park incorporated or annexed portions ...
Christmas Lake is a spring-fed lake covering approximately 265 acres (1.1 km 2) in the western Minneapolis suburbs of Shorewood and Chanhassen. [1] The lake is crossed by the border of Hennepin and Carver counties, with most of the area lying within the jurisdiction of the former.
Westonka is a portmanteau of "west" and "Minnetonka", referring to the towns around the west third of Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota, roughly 25 miles west of Minneapolis. Several small suburbs comprise the Westonka School District and Westonka is also used in the name of the local (Mound) library and other regional organizations, institutions ...
Excelsior Commons and marina. The Commons and Port of Excelsior is a 13-acre (5.3 ha) municipal park developed in 1854. [20] Other notable recreation areas include Excelsior Parkland and the Lake Minnetonka shoreline. [21] Since 1935, the Apple Days festival has been held in Excelsior annually to celebrate apple-picking season. [22]