Exit78 Photo of the Day #72
Mille Lacs Lake (Wikipedia) (also called Lake Mille Lacs or Mille Lacs) is a large but shallow lake in Minnesota. It is located in the counties of Mille Lacs, Aitkin, and Crow Wing, roughly 100 miles north of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. It is the state’s second largest inland lake at 132,516 acres (536 km2), after Red Lake. The maximum depth is 42 feet. Depth ranges of 20 to 38 foot cover much of the main lake.
Pier on Mille Lacs Lake, Father Hennepin State Park, Minnesota, September 9, 2013 (Pentax K-r)
The largest lake in the Brainerd Lakes Area, it came to be called “Mille Lacs Lake” as the area was also called “Region of Thousand Lakes” (pays des mille lacs in French). Mille Lacs means “thousand lakes” in French.
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
