Shell Lake
Gaa-jiigajiwegamaag-zaaga'igan (Ojibwe)
Location of lake in Minnesota.
Location of lake in Minnesota.
Shell Lake
LocationBecker County, Minnesota
Coordinates46°56′50.5″N 95°26′50″W / 46.947361°N 95.44722°W / 46.947361; -95.44722
Typelake

Shell Lake is a lake in Becker County, Minnesota, in the United States.[1]

Shell Lake was likely named from the shells on the lakeshore.[2] Its name in the Ojibwe is Gaa-jiigajiwegamaag-zaaga'igan meaning "'lake lying near the mountain' lake", in reference to the lake's position along the Smoky Hills complex.[3] Shell River flows out from this lake.

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shell Lake (Becker County, Minnesota)
  2. ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographical Names Derived From The Chippewa Language. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Gilfillan, Joseph (1896). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota. p. 465.


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