Kabetogama Lake

Kabetogama Lake
Lac Travere
Gaa-biitoogamaag-zaaga'igan (Ojibwe)
Kabetogama Lake
Location	St. Louis County, Minnesota
Coordinates	48°27′30″N 93°02′31″W
Type	Lake
Surface elevation	339 m (1,112 ft)
Settlements	Kabetogama, Minnesota

Kabetogama Lake or Lake Kabetogama (/ˌkæbəˈtoʊɡəmə/ KAB-ə-TOH-gə-mə) is a clear lake in northern St. Louis County, Minnesota. This body of water lies within Voyageurs National Park, and with a surface area of 25,760 acres (104 km²), it is one of the state's 10 largest inland lakes. Kabetogama Lake drains into Namakan Lake to the east, and roughly parallels the near-by Rainy Lake. The Ojibwe name Gaa-biitoogamaag-zaaga'igan translates to “the lake that lies parallel with another lake” or “the lake that doubles with another lake” or "the place where there is one lake after another." French fur trappers similarly referred to Kabetogama as Travere or Travers, meaning “alongside.” A thin peninsula is all that separates the two lakes. The community of Kabetogama, located along the south shores of the Lake serves as the gateway into the park.

Ecology

Species of fish present in Kabetogama include black crappie, bluegill, burbot, lake sturgeon, lake whitefish, largemouth bass, mooneye, northern pike, rock bass, sauger, shorthead redhorse, silver redhorse, smallmouth bass, tullibee, walleye, white sucker, and yellow perch.

References

• "Kabetogama Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

External links

• Minnesota Department of Natural Resources