Stocking Lake (Wadena County, Minnesota)

Stocking Lake
Location of lake in Minnesota.
Location of lake in Minnesota.
Stocking Lake
LocationWadena County, Minnesota
Coordinates46°45.75′N 95°4′W / 46.76250°N 95.067°W / 46.76250; -95.067
Typelake

Stocking Lake is a lake in Wadena County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

Stocking Lake was so named on account of its outline being shaped roughly like a stocking.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stocking Lake (Wadena County, Minnesota)
  2. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 563.


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