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Mille Lacs Lake takes its name from the fur traders' phrase "The Thousand Lakes Region." The lake is 1250 feet above sea level and covers about 200 square miles. It formerly included much low ground and several adjacent lakes. When visited by Du Luth in 1679, Sioux villages, now indicated by numerous burial mounds, lined the lake shore.
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Garrison, Minnesota · United States
