Portage Lake (Otter Tail County, Minnesota)

Coordinates: 46°25′4″N 95°31′50″W / 46.41778°N 95.53056°W / 46.41778; -95.53056
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Portage Lake
Location of lake in Minnesota.
Location of lake in Minnesota.
Portage Lake
LocationOtter Tail County, Minnesota
Coordinates46°25′4″N 95°31′50″W / 46.41778°N 95.53056°W / 46.41778; -95.53056
Typelake

Portage Lake is a lake in Otter Tail County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

Portage Lake was so named from its location on an old canoe portage route.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Portage Lake (Otter Tail County, Minnesota)
  2. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 402.