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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Birch Lake (Aitkin County, Minnesota)
Birch Lake is a lake in Aitkin and Crow Wing counties, Minnesota, United States.

Birch Lake was named after two types of birch found there (Betula papyrifera and Betula alleghaniensis) from which Native Americans fashioned canoes.

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Birch Lake (Aitkin County, Minnesota)
  2. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 19.


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