Whitefish Lake
Location of Whitefish Lake in Minnesota, USA.
Location of Whitefish Lake in Minnesota, USA.
Whitefish Lake
Location of Whitefish Lake in Minnesota, USA.
Location of Whitefish Lake in Minnesota, USA.
Whitefish Lake
LocationMille Lacs and Crow Wing counties, Minnesota[1]
Coordinates46°12′20″N 093°48′47″W / 46.20556°N 93.81306°W / 46.20556; -93.81306[1]
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area29.8 km2 (11.5 sq mi)
Surface elevation376 m (1,234 ft)

Whitefish Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[2] The lake is approximately one-half mile west of Mille Lacs Lake.[3]

Whitefish is an English translation of the Ojibwe language name.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Whitefish Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved Jan 14, 2021.
  2. "Homepage". Whitefish Area Lodging Association. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  3. Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer, Delorme, 9th ed., 2016, p. 55 ISBN 0899333338
  4. Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 161.


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