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'''Swan Lake''' is a lake in [[Nicollet County, Minnesota|Nicollet County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Minnesota]].<ref>{{GNIS|652897}}</ref>
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'''Swan Lake''' is a shallow lake in [[Nicollet County, Minnesota|Nicollet County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Minnesota]].<ref>{{GNIS|652897}}</ref>


Swan Lake was named for two types of swans native to the state: the [[trumpeter swan]] and the [[whistling swan]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ShcLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA375|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=375}}</ref>
Dakota people named the lake Marrah Tanka, their word for swan. [[Trumpeter swans]] are native to Minnesota and nest on Swan Lake. [[Tundra swans]] migrate through the area in spring and fall, but do not nest on the lake.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n394 375]}}</ref>


==See also==
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==External links==
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* Conroy, Tom, [https://webapps15.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteer_index_api/past_issues/article_pdf?id=1309 "Swan Lake Revival: Ducks and a Whole Lot More"], ''[[Minnesota Conservation Volunteer]]'', January—February 1989, p.&nbsp;41. [[Minnesota Department of Natural Resources]].
* Mahmoodi, Cyrus, [https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/60135/7.4.Mahmoodi.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y "The Swan Lake Restoration Project (Minnesota)], ''Restoration and Reclamation Review'', Vol. 7, No 4 (Fall 2001), [[University of Minnesota]] Department of Horticultural Science.
* [http://www.usdakotawar.org/swan-lake-0 "Swan Lake"], ''The U.S.—Dakota War of 1862'', [[Minnesota Historical Society]].
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbGNBHCkp88 "Swan Lake"] (video), ''Fowl in the Air, Fire in the Ground'', Prairie Sportsman, [[Pioneer Public TV|Pioneer Public Television]], 2017.
* Ward, Amy, [https://webapps8.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteer_index/past_issues/article_pdf?id=266 "Calling Ducks Back to Swan Lake"], ''[[Minnesota Conservation Volunteer]]'', March—April 1986, p.&nbsp;27. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

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[[Category:Lakes of Minnesota]]
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Latest revision as of 05:48, 11 October 2022

Swan Lake
Location of lake in Minnesota.
Location of lake in Minnesota.
Swan Lake
LocationNicollet County, Minnesota
Coordinates44°18′N 94°15.5′W / 44.300°N 94.2583°W / 44.300; -94.2583
Typelake

Swan Lake is a shallow lake in Nicollet County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

Dakota people named the lake Marrah Tanka, their word for swan. Trumpeter swans are native to Minnesota and nest on Swan Lake. Tundra swans migrate through the area in spring and fall, but do not nest on the lake.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Swan Lake (Nicollet County, Minnesota)
  2. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 375.
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