Lakes of Minnesota

Minnesota has 3 species of water snakes and one even bites.

Our fair state may be known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes but not all of those lakes have the best water quality, and we now know the most polluted bodies of water here in Minnesota.

Minnesota is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but do you know which of those lakes are the deepest in the entire state?

Minnesota is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but do you just how deep our deepest lake is?

How much of the state is covered by lakes? According to the U of M website, it's an area about the size of Connecticut.

A national publication is heaping praise on the beautiful spot.

As it turns out, this lake receives much of its water from underground springs, giving it some of the clearest water in the entire country.

Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 lakes but the state actually has 11,842. What constitutes a lake in Minnesota? The Minnesota DNR has the following definition:

No need to go visit a tropical island with this gem of a lake nearby. On a nice sunny day on the clear blue water of Deer Lake, you'll swear you are in the Caribbean.

Minnesota may be the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes, but not all of them are pristine waterways. A number of lakes within the state's boundaries are quite polluted.