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Place Name
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Vermilion Lake
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Pronunciation
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vuhr-MIL-yuhn
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Place Status (Type)
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lake
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Location
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St. Louis County, Minnesota (MN), United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Vermilion Lake
(vuhr-MIL-yuhn) (
59 sq mi/153 sq km), St. Louis
co., NE Minn., c.15 mi/24 km W of Ely, at W
end of Vermilion Iron Range, N and NW extremities of lake in Superior
Natl. Forest; c.35 mi/56 km long,
8 mi/12.9 km wide. Elev.
1,359 ft/414 m. Fed from S by Pike R. Large
Trout Lake to N, drains S into lake through short stream. Resort area.
Has N outlet in Vermilion R; numerous isls., including large Pine Isl.
in N (6 mi/9.7 km long,
2 mi/3.2 km wide), Ely Isl. in SE, and
extremely irregular shoreline. Chippewa Indian Reservation and iron
mines (Tower and Soudan) are on S shore. Lake includes
10-mi/16-km NW extension, including Wakemup Bay, connected
by Oak Narrows and Wakemup Narrows in W. Soudan Underground Mine State
Park on S shore. Vermilion L. Indian Reservation on peninsula (Echo
Point) in S.
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