Lake Manitou (Indiana)
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  Lake Manitou Location within Indiana  Lake Manitou Location within the United States | |
| Location | Rochester, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 41°3′35.78″N 86°11′31.94″W / 41.0599389°N 86.1922056°W |
| Type | artificial lake |
| Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 775 acres (314 ha) |
Average depth | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Max. depth | 55 ft (17 m) |
Shore length1 | 8 mi (13 km) |
Surface elevation | 781 ft (238 m) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Lake Manitou is a man-made lake in Rochester, Indiana, created in 1827 by the federal government of the United States for the Potowatomi Native American tribe. The lake was created as a part of the treaty with the Potowatomi that required the U.S. government to create a mill for Potowatomi use.[1] The Potowatomi originally called the lake Man-I-Toe which translated to the Devil's Lake due to the belief that a monster lived in the lake.[2] The lake contains about 775 acres (3.14 km2) of open water,[3] with a maximum depth of 65 feet (20 m).
References
- ↑ Library, Oklahoma State University. "INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES. Vol. 2, Treaties". digital.library.okstate.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
- ↑ Smalley, Donald (1946-09-01). "The Logansport Telegraph and the Monster of the Indiana Lakes". Indiana Magazine of History. ISSN 1942-9711.
- ↑ "Lake Manitou Association". Lake Manitou Association. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
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External links
- Early Manitou Views Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.lakemanitou.org/