Lake Itasca

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glacial lake headwaters lake

Lake Itasca is a small glacial lake in northern Minnesota best known as the headwaters of the Mississippi River.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lake Itasca canonical	4
Cass Lake as the source of the Mississippi River	1
Lake Itasca, Minnesota (unincorporated community)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	glacial lake ⓘ headwaters ⓘ lake ⓘ
area	approximately 1.8 square miles ⓘ approximately 4.7 square kilometers ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
discoveredByEuropeans	Henry Schoolcraft ⓘ
drainageBasin	Mississippi River basin ⓘ
ecosystemType	northern forest lake ⓘ
elevation	about 1,475 feet above sea level ⓘ about 450 meters above sea level ⓘ
geologicalOrigin	glacial activity ⓘ
hasInflow	Elk Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicolet Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIsland	Schoolcraft Island ⓘ
hasLandmark	Mississippi River headwaters marker ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement	Lake Itasca self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lake Itasca, Minnesota (unincorporated community)
hasOutflow	Mississippi River ⓘ
hasRecreationalActivity	boating ⓘ camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ hiking ⓘ
hasShorelineFeature	wading stones at Mississippi headwaters ⓘ
knownFor	being the headwaters of the Mississippi River ⓘ
locatedIn	Minnesota ⓘ Northern Minnesota ⓘ surface form: northern Minnesota
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Becker County, Minnesota ⓘ Clearwater County, Minnesota ⓘ Hubbard County, Minnesota ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea	Itasca State Park ⓘ
locatedInRegion	north-central Minnesota ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
managedBy	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ⓘ
maximumDepth	about 11 meters ⓘ about 35 feet ⓘ
mouthOfWatercourse	Mississippi River ⓘ
namedAfter	Itasca (pseudo-Latin word coined from veritas caput) ⓘ
nearestCity	Bemidji ⓘ surface form: Bemidji, Minnesota
partOf	Itasca State Park ⓘ
sourceOf	Mississippi River ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
watercourseThrough	Mississippi River ⓘ
withinU.S.StateParkSystem	Itasca State Park ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mississippi River → sourceLocation → Lake Itasca ⓘ

Itasca County → namedAfter → Lake Itasca ⓘ

Lake Itasca → hasNearbySettlement → Lake Itasca self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Itasca, Minnesota (unincorporated community)

Pike expedition to the headwaters of the Mississippi River → mistakenIdentification → Lake Itasca ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cass Lake as the source of the Mississippi River

Itasca County, Minnesota → namedFor → Lake Itasca ⓘ

Itasca County, Minnesota → contains → Lake Itasca ⓘ