North Ash Lake and South Ash Lake are a pair of adjacent lakes in Lincoln County, near the city of Ivanhoe in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

The 300-acre Ash Lake Wildlife Management Area is situated along the western shores of the lakes.[2]

Ash Lake was named for the white ash trees near the lake.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ash Lake (Lincoln County, Minnesota)
  2. ↑ "Ash Lake WMA". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  3. ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 307.

44°25′23″N 96°17′41″W / 44.42306°N 96.29472°W / 44.42306; -96.29472


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