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The lake is shown on the 1757 edition of Mitchell Map as "L. Tinton", referring to the Lakota people, also known as Tetonwan ("dwellers of the prairie"). Big Stone Lake was named for nearby rock outcroppings. [5] Two state parks are at the lake: Big Stone Lake State Park in Minnesota and Hartford Beach State Park in South Dakota. They have ...
Since 1937, a dam (Big Stone Lake Dam) has impounded the river's waters, creating Big Stone Lake. Water flowing out from this lake flows along the south boundary line of the county, and is known as the Minnesota River from that point.
Ortonville is a city in and the county seat of Big Stone County in the U.S. state of Minnesota at the southern tip of Big Stone Lake, along the South Dakota border. The population was 2,021 at the 2020 census. [3] [6] Big Stone Lake State Park is nearby.
This is a list of lakes of Minnesota.Although promoted as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", Minnesota has 11,842 lakes of 10 acres (4.05 ha) or more. [1] The 1968 state survey found 15,291 lake basins, of which 3,257 were dry. [2]
As of the census [1] of 2000, there were 2,287 people, 977 households, and 635 families residing in the township. The population density was 131.1 inhabitants per square mile (50.6/km 2).
Bloomer State Park No. 3 – (1922–1944) 100 acres, later incorporated into Ortonville State Recreation Area, northeast of Ortonville Bloomer State Park No. 4 – (1922–1947), 28 acres, now Bloomer Park in White Lake Township , undeveloped site sold as it was "not of state park calibre" with funds used to purchased additional lands for the ...
U.S. Highway 12 (US 12) is a 192.798-mile-long (310.278 km) United States Numbered Highway in west- and east-central Minnesota, which travels from the South Dakota state line at Ortonville near Big Stone Lake and continues east to the St. Croix River at the Wisconsin state line.
The Big Fish and the Big Fish Supper Club. The Big Fish is a roadside attraction located three miles west of Bena, Minnesota in the unorganized territory of North Cass. The 65-foot-long wooden structure takes the form of a muskie fish. The Big Fish was built as a drive-in restaurant in 1958, though it only operated as a restaurant for a few ...