North Red Iron Lake

North Red Iron Lake
North Red Iron Lake is located in South Dakota
North Red Iron Lake
North Red Iron Lake
Location of the lake in South Dakota
LocationMarshall County, South Dakota
GroupRed Iron Lake
Coordinates45°41′25″N 97°19′24″W / 45.69028°N 97.32333°W / 45.69028; -97.32333
TypeLake
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface elevation
1,827 ft (557 m)[1]

North Red Iron Lake is a natural lake in Marshall County, South Dakota, in the United States.[1]

The Red Iron Lakes have the name of a Native American chieftain.[2] The name of the lakes is derived from a theory that the name of this chieftain was Máza Ṡa (Red Iron), but in the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux his name is recorded as "Sounding Iron" or Máza S'a.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Red Iron Lake
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.2. University of South Dakota. p. 61.
  3. ↑ Durand, Paul (1994). Okizu Wakpa: Where the Waters Gather and the Rivers Meet: An Atlas of the Eastern Sioux. Prior Lake, Minnesota: Durand. p. 49. ISBN 9780964146907.