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This is a list of Minnesota lakes. The U.S. state of Minnesota is known as The Land of 10,000 Lakes, but the official count of lakes more than ten acres (40,000 m²) in size is 11,842. The only U.S. state with more lakes than Minnesota is Alaska. Except for Mower, Olmsted, Pipestone and Rock counties, which only have man-made reservoirs, every Minnesota county in the state has natural lakes.
- Benton Lake
- Big Stone Lake (shared with South Dakota)
- Bush Lake
- Casey Lake
- Cass Lake
- Cedar Lake
- Christmas Lake in Hennepin and Carver counties.
- Crab Lake
- Cross Lake in Wabasha County, Minnesota
- Crystal Lake
- East Side Lake (man-made)
- Gull Lake - At least 7 lakes with this name
- Kabekona Lake
- Keller Lake
- Lake Bemidji
- Lake Calhoun
- Lake Como
- Lake George Anoka County, MN
- Lake Harriet
- Lake Hiawatha
- Lake Hubert
- Lake Itasca
- Lake Kabetogama
- Lake Louise, a man-made lake in Lake Louise State Park
- Lake Marion
- Lake Minnetonka
- Lake Nokomis
- Lake of the Isles
- Lake of the Woods (shared with Canada)
- Lake Phalen
- Lake Pepin
- Lake Saganaga (Deepest natural lake in state at 240 feet, except for Lake Superior)
- Lake Superior (shared with Wisconsin, Michigan, and Canada; largest lake in the world by surface area)
- Lake Traverse (shared with South Dakota)
- Lake Vermilion
- Lake Waconia
- Lake Winnibigoshish
- Leech Lake
- Long Lake
- Lower Cullen Lake
- Mille Lacs Lake
- Mud Lake - Well over 70 lakes Minnesota share this name.
- North Long Lake
- Okamanpeedan Lake (shared with Iowa)
- Orchard Lake
- Otter Tail Lake
- Portsmouth Mine Pit Lake (man-made) - Deepest lake in state at over 450 feet, except for Lake Superior.
- Rainy Lake - headwaters of the Rainy River
- Red Lake - Minnesota's largest self-contained lake.
- Mud Lake
- Upper Red Lake
- Lower Red Lake
- Rice Lake—over 100 different lakes by this name
- Round Lake—nearly 60 different lakes by this name
- Sawbill Lake
- Silver Lake
- Saunders Lake
- Spoon Lake
- Upper Hay Lake
- Vermilion Lake
- White Bear Lake
See also
Sources
Geography of Minnesota | Lakes of Minnesota | Minnesota lists
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