Red Lake (Minnesota)

Red Lake
Lower Red Lake on July 2, 2010
Lakes in Northern Minnesota
Location	Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States
Coordinates	48°04′25″N 95°01′44″W / 48.0735°N 95.0290°W / 48.0735; -95.0290Coordinates: 48°04′25″N 95°01′44″W / 48.0735°N 95.0290°W / 48.0735; -95.0290
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	1,106 square kilometers (427 sq mi)
Surface elevation	1,175 feet (358 m)

Red Lake (translated from the Ojibwe language Miskwaagamiiwi-zaaga'igan: Lake with its liquid [water] be colored red) is a lake in Beltrami County in northern Minnesota.

It is the largest natural freshwater lake located entirely within Minnesota,^[1] and the 16th largest lake in the United States. The lake is separated into two sections by a peninsula on the eastern side that almost bisects it in the middle. The community of Ponemah lies on the peninsula. The two parts of the lake are known as Upper Red Lake and Lower Red Lake. Lower Red Lake lies entirely within the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Total size is 440 square miles, with a maximum depth of 84 feet. The elevation of the lake is maintained by a dam at the outflow that is the beginning of Red Lake River, this being at the middle, western edge of Lower Red Lake.

References

• Red Lake: Blocks 1984 and 1996 thru 1998, Census Tract 9505; Blocks 1998 and 2996 thru 2999, Census Tract 9508; Beltrami County, Minnesota United States Census Bureau\