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5 unusual facts about Lake of the Woods


Lac du Bois

Lake of the Woods (Lac des Bois), a lake lying between Canada and the USA.

Minnesota State Highway 172

The former northern section of Highway 72 between State Highway 11 (at Baudette) and Wheeler's Point (at Lake of the Woods) was then renumbered 172 at this time.

State Highway 172 serves as a north–south route between Baudette, Hackett, Wheeler's Point, and the Lake of the Woods.

Minnesota State Highway 313

Highway 313 generally follows not far from the southwest corner of the Lake of the Woods throughout its route.

Minnesota State Highway 72

The section of present day Minnesota 172 between State Highway 11 (at Baudette) and Wheeler's Point (at Lake of the Woods) was originally designated Minnesota 72 as well between 1934 and 1963.


Francis Henry Keefer

He was a persistent advocate of deep waterways on the Great Lakes, later known as the St Lawrence Seaway and was the Canadian government's watchdog on international water questions such as water levels on the Great Lakes and Lake of the Woods, and the Chicago River water diversion.

Joseph La France

He began his trek toward there following the route of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La VĂ©rendrye through Rainy Lake, Lake of the Woods and the Winnipeg River to Lake Winnipeg.


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Elizabeth Lawrie Smellie

She was born at Port Arthur, Ontario, to Dr. Thomas Stuart Traill Smellie, Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Fort William and Lake of the Woods from 1905-1911, and Janet Eleanor Lawrie.

Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

Since Alaska has no counties, Lake of the Woods is the northernmost county in the United States.

Pierre Bottineau

His father Charles Bottineau was a French-Canadian Protestant, and his mother Marguerite Macheyquayzaince Ahdicksongab "(Clear Sky Woman)" was half Dakota and half Ojibwe of the Lake of the Woods band, she was a sister of Pembina Ojibwe Chief Misko-Makwa or Red Bear.