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Portage Lake (Aitkin County, Minnesota)

Coordinates: 46°35′12″N 93°25′15″W / 46.58667°N 93.42083°W / 46.58667; -93.42083
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Portage Lake is a lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, in the United States.[1]

Portage Lake was so named from the fact that at the lake it was no longer necessary to portage the canoe.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Portage Lake (Aitkin County, Minnesota)
  2. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 20.

46°35′12″N 93°25′15″W / 46.58667°N 93.42083°W / 46.58667; -93.42083