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Tenmile Lake is a lake in Otter Tail County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [ 1 ] Tenmile Lake was named after the length of an old trail from the Red River to the lake, which is ten miles (16 km).
This category is for articles pertaining to lakes and reservoirs in Otter Tail County. Pages in category "Lakes of Otter Tail County, Minnesota" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
The county was named for Otter Tail Lake and the Otter Tail River. [4] The county was not organized in 1858, nor was a county seat specified. On September 12, 1868, the legislature completed the county organization, and specified Otter Tail City as county seat. Otter Tail City began as a waystation on a fur-trade route between Saint Paul and ...
The shore of the lake and at least the shallower areas are composed of sand and gravel. The water clarity is 10.5 feet (3.2 m), [1] which is considered good. [2] A prominent feature of Otter Tail is the "point" which essentially divides the lake into eastern and western halves. [3] Otter Tail lake is ringed with a tall, mostly deciduous tree ...
James G. Craigie, a Scottish immigrant, bought a portion of Lake Blanche's north shore in 1868 from the United States Government. He added this to nearby property he previously settled in 1861 that he named Balmoral and where he built a dam and flour mill. [10] In 1872, Craigie, his wife and a friend drowned in Otter Tail Lake.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 5.10 square miles (13.21 km 2), of which 4.28 square miles (11.09 km 2) is land and 0.82 square miles (2.12 km 2) is water. [ 7 ] Minnesota State Highways 78 and 108 are two of the main routes in the community.