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Pelican Lake (Crow Wing County, Minnesota)

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Coordinates: 46°34′34″N 94°10′34″W / 46.57611°N 94.17611°W / 46.57611; -94.17611
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Pelican Lake
Location of lake in Minnesota.
Location of lake in Minnesota.
Pelican Lake
LocationCrow Wing County, Minnesota
Coordinates46°34′34″N 94°10′34″W / 46.57611°N 94.17611°W / 46.57611; -94.17611
Typelake

Pelican Lake is a lake in Crow Wing County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

Pelican Lake, a translation of the Ojibwe language name, was so named for the flocks of pelicans seen there.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pelican Lake (Crow Wing County, Minnesota)
  2. ^ Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 159.


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