String Lakes

String Lakes is a pair of lakes in Cottonwood County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

The twin lakes were named from the fact their outlines appear like a string.[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: String Lakes
  2. Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 153.

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