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Lake Minnetonka's magnificent homes are a common highlight on these sightseeing, dinner, and brunch cruises. Other activities on Lake Minnetonka include swimming, kayaking, and standup paddleboarding during the summer, and ice fishing, snowmobiling, and ice yachting during the winter. Several community festivals are held around the lake each year.
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.
The Minnehaha Creek in its name refers to the water link from Lake Minnetonka to the Mississippi River. The watershed is much larger than a lake or creek, and includes 29 communities, and encompasses 178 square miles (460 km 2). It stretches west from roughly Minnehaha Falls to Saint Bonifacius and north to Maple Plain.
Jan. 17—CATCHES OF THE WEEK At Eagle Nest Lake, Mairen Hoch, above left, of Los Alamos caught a 26-inch rainbow trout while ice fishing on Jan. 14. ... Zachary Dostart, 14, of Rio Rancho caught ...
Lakes whose coordinates are included below are visible in linked OSM map. Minnesota's lakes are cataloged by the state Department of Natural Resources with a unique DNR Division of Waters Lake Number, which is listed for a subset of lakes in the table below. [7] Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
The project subsequently relocated to Minneapolis's Lake Harriet. [14] The popular Holes 4 Heroes ice-fishing tournament has also been held on Medicine Lake for a number of years. "Holes 4 Heroes is a special Ice Fishing Contest designed to honor our military, both at home and abroad."
Several well-producing lakes in Chanhassen keep the sportsmen busy year-round with fishing during the warm months and ice fishing when the lakes freeze over. Both Lake Minnewashta and Lake Ann contain large and aggressive northern pike for the adept anglers.
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