Spectacle Lake is a lake in Isanti County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1] It was so named on account of its outline being shaped like a pair of spectacles.[2]
Spectacle Lake | |
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Location | Isanti County, Minnesota |
Coordinates | 45°34.5′N 93°24.5′W / 45.5750°N 93.4083°W |
Type | lake |
Spectacle Lake Wildlife Management Area is next to the lake, midway between the cities of Princeton and Cambridge, Minnesota.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spectacle Lake (Minnesota)
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 251.