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Bloody Lake

Coordinates: 44°7′47″N 95°40′3″W / 44.12972°N 95.66750°W / 44.12972; -95.66750
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Bloody Lake
Location of the lake in Minnesota.
Location of the lake in Minnesota.
Bloody Lake
LocationMurray County, Minnesota
Coordinates44°7′47″N 95°40′3″W / 44.12972°N 95.66750°W / 44.12972; -95.66750
Typelake

Bloody Lake is a lake in Murray County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

The name Bloody Lake commemorates the Dakota War of 1862.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bloody Lake
  2. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 369.