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Place Name
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Basswood Lake
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Place Status (Type)
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lake
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Location
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Lake County, Minnesota (MN), United States, North America
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Latitude
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48°04'N
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Longitude
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91°34'W
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Basswood Lake
, in chain of lakes on Can./U.S. border
bet. Lake co., NE Minn., and W Ont., Canada,
15 mi/24 km NE of Ely, Minn.; length,
including W arm, 20 mi/32 km; max. width
4 mi/6.4 km; 48°04'N 91°34'W. Fed by short
stream from E from Knife L.; drained to NW by Basswood R. to Crooked
L., all on internatl. boundary. Includes several small isls. and long
bays; Jackfish and Pipestone bays extend
10 mi/16 km SW into Minn. in Quetico
Provincial Park (N) and Superior Natl. Forest including Boundary Water
Canoe Area (S).
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