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It is part of Lake Minnetonka and considered by the city of Mound to be important to its re-development plans with the hope being that boat users will increase its downtown business traffic. [1] In the past, lake steamers used Lost Lake's channel or canal to bring tourists into the downtown area, when Lake Minnetonka was a resort area.
The first people who inhabited the Lake Minnetonka area were Indigenous peoples who migrated to the region at the end of the last ice age circa 8000 BCE.Later peoples who inhabited the area between 3500 BCE and 1500 CE are commonly referred to collectively as the "Mound Builders" because they constructed large land features serving spiritual, ceremonial, burial, and elite residential functions.
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.
Wayzata (/ w aɪ ˈ z ɛ t ə / wy-ZET-ə) is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.The population was 4,434 at the 2020 census. [2] The city is about 12 miles (19 kilometres) west of Minneapolis and is situated on the northern shore of Lake Minnetonka, the ninth largest lake in the state.
Ice Fishing 101 will be held Tuesday, Jan. 16, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Idaho Rod & Reel tackle shop. Participants are also invited to a group fishing day Jan. 20. For details and registration ...
Northern Hemisphere glaciation during the last ice ages. The creation of 3 to 4 kilometres (1.9 to 2.5 mi) thick ice sheets caused a global sea level drop of about 120 m (390 ft) Diagram of glacial plucking and abrasion. The glacial history of Minnesota is most defined since the onset of the last glacial period, which ended some 10,000 years ago.
Jun. 23—The Daily Inter Lake was named the best daily newspaper in the state Saturday at the Montana Newspaper Association's 139th annual convention and awards banquet in Kalispell. The Inter ...
Crater Lake, near Green Lake. The Interlakes, also known as the Interlakes District, is a geographic region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located along and around the Interlakes Highway between 100 Mile House on BC Highway 97 and Little Fort on the North Thompson River.