Wood Lake (Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota)

Wood Lake
Location Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°41′11″N 95°31′49″W / 44.68639°N 95.53028°W / 44.68639; -95.53028Coordinates: 44°41′11″N 95°31′49″W / 44.68639°N 95.53028°W / 44.68639; -95.53028
Basin countries United States

Wood Lake is a lake near the town of Wood Lake, Minnesota in Yellow Medicine County.[1]

Wood Lake was named for the dense woods originally bordering the lake.[2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wood Lake (Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota)
  2. ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 597.


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