Birch Lake (Aitkin County, Minnesota)

Birch Lake is a lake in Aitkin and Crow Wing counties, Minnesota, United States.[1]

Birch Lake was named after two types of birch found there (Betula papyrifera and Betula alleghaniensis) from which Native Americans fashioned canoes.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Birch Lake (Aitkin County, Minnesota)
  2. ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 19.

Coordinates: 46°22′9″N 93°48′32″W / 46.36917°N 93.80889°W / 46.36917; -93.80889


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