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Place Name
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Red Lake
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Place Status (Type)
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reservoir
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Location
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Beltrami County, Minnesota (MN), United States, North America
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Latitude
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47°57'N
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Longitude
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95°23'W
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Red Lake
, reservoir (
430 sq mi/1,114 sq km), Beltrami
co., SW shore forms boundary of Clearwater co., NW Minn.,
25 mi/40 km N of Bemidji;
c.40 mi/64 km long,
25 mi/40 km wide; 47°57'N 95°23'W. Elev.
1,175 ft/358 m. Max. capacity 3,985,000
acre-ft. Largest lake in Minn. Divided into Upper Red L., in NE (
184 sq mi/477 sq km;
21 mi/34 km long,
10 mi/16 km wide) and Lower Red L., in SW
( 246 sq mi/637 sq km;
23 mi/37 km long,
12 mi/19 km wide); separated by
14-mi/23-km peninsula from E, connected by the Narrows
passage. Drains W from lower lake through Red L. R. Once part of
prehistoric glacial L. Agassiz. Formed by Lower Red L. Dam
(10 ft/3 m), built (1951) by the Army Corps of
Engineers for flood control. All of Lower lake and W part of Upper lake
in Red L. Indian Reservation; Upper lake bounded by Lake Wildlife Area
and Beltrami Isl. State Forest, on N; Red L. State Forest on E. Village
of Red Lake on S shore.
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