Cut Foot Sioux Lake
| Cut Foot Sioux Lake | |
|---|---|
  Cut Foot Sioux Lake | |
| Location | Itasca County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47°31′N 94°3′W / 47.517°N 94.050°W |
| Type | lake |
Cut Foot Sioux Lake is a lake connected to the larger Lake Winnibigoshish in Itasca County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1] The Cut Foot Sioux Trail takes hikers past the lake.
Cut Foot Sioux Lake was named for an injured Dakota (or Sioux) warrior who was killed during the Battle of Cut Foot Sioux during the Dakota-Ojibwe War in 1739.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cut Foot Sioux Lake
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 257.
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