Spirit Lake, in the Iowa Great Lakes region.This excerpt from the Lewis and Clark map of 1814 shows western Iowa. Spirit Lake is near the upper center of the map.
Big Spirit Lake is a natural body of water, approximately 5,684 acres (2,300 ha) in area, in Dickinson County in northwest Iowa in the United States. It is part of the chain of lakes known as the Iowa Great Lakes, the northern shore of the lake straddles the border with Minnesota. It is the largest natural lake in Iowa. The Dakotah Indian name for the lake was Minnewaukon. Early French traders named it Lac D' Esprit after the Indian legends of an evil spirit who dwelled in the lake.
Its maximum depth is 24 feet (7.3 m), and the mean depth is 17 feet (5 m). The drainage area of the lake is approximately 22 square miles (57 km²). It has a drainage area of approximately 75 mi² (194 km²), most of which is in Minnesota.[citation needed]
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Spirit Lake
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soldiers were coming to Frog Lake to kill Indigenous people there, Wandering Spirit took on the post of war chief of Big Bear's band. He began a campaign...
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43°25′N 95°06′W / 43.42°N 95.10°W / 43.42; -95.10 The SpiritLake Massacre (March 8–12, 1857) was an attack by a Wahpekute band of Santee Sioux on...
River Valley, the Mdewakanton frequented Lake Minnetonka to hunt, fish, and harvest wild rice and maple sap. Spirit Knob, a peninsula near present-day Wayzata...
a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She is also known for her talk show, Ricki Lake, which was broadcast internationally...
overall uprising, Big Bear's son Little Bear joined with Chief Wandering Spirit to go to Frog Lake and kill some of the white residents. Big Bear surrendered...
the spirit dwells. The modern Odawa name for Manitoulin Island is Mnidoo Mnis, meaning "Spirit Island". Manitoulin Island contains a number of lakes of...
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located just south of Spirit Mountain. Located within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area just west of the 67-mile-long Lake Mohave, Grapevine Canyon...
century, native people have been bringing sick people to the lake they named after the spirit Manitou. The earliest known practice of using this water to...
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begins east of Rama and flows south-east into the north end of Good SpiritLake. Along its route, it crosses Highway 5 and the CN Railway 3 kilometres...
located on the western shore of BigSpiritLake and is one of several state parks and recreation areas in Iowa Great Lakes region. It is home to the largest...
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white granite boulders. Spirit Island is one of two Islands in Mille LakesLake designated as a National Wildlife Refuge. The lake has many species of fish...
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many of the rooms, including the Big Room, New Mexico Room, Kings Palace, Queens Chamber, Papoose Room, and Green Lake Room. He also named many of the...
explanation, is that the medicine man sends his familiar spirit (his assistant totem, spirit-dog, spirit-child or whatever the form may be) to gather the information...
nearby lake. Jim and Brandon travel to the lake and use another board in an attempt to communicate with David, but soon learn that a different spirit, Carlos...
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would become their guardian spirit. Manitou has made its way into the names of several places in North America. The name of Lake Manitoba (for which the Canadian...
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