Minneapolis, Minnesota
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15962)
United States
March 12, 2017 12:49pm CST
Usually, a big city like Minneapolis is built on lots of acreage of solid ground. However, I was surprised to learn that there are 22 lakes in the city limits of Minneapolis.
Minnesota is often called “the land of 10,000 lakes.” However, there are actually 11,842 lakes that are over 10 acres and if you would count all the lakes over 2.5 acres, the number would be 21,871.
That’s a LOT of lakes for one state. I would think that there would never be a water shortage in Minnesota, but the research I read, showed that over 3,000 lakes there had dried up.
Do you live near a lake? I do. We have several in this county.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
12 Mar 17
That view is Lake Tahoe. It is beautiful. Some of the bluest water I have ever seen.
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@jesroash (760)
• India
12 Mar 17
@IreneVincent wow! The mountains make it look even prettier.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Mar 17
No nearby lake here. Los Angeles is actually a port city on the Pacific.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
12 Mar 17
The Pacific coast is beautiful too. The earth is full of beautiful places and it would be much more beautiful if humans took better care of it. Littering disgusts me. I noticed the litter this morning on the road to the nursing home. WHY?
Littering doesn't make any sense to me at all.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Mar 17
We live near the Daugava River here in Riga. There are lots of lakes around too.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
4 Mar 18
I was born in Minneapolis and my favorite lake was Lake of the Isles. I remember it was known as the land of the lakes and yes there are many there.
