Lake Minnetonka is a lake located about 16 miles west-southwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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17 Facts About Lake Minnetonka
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Lake Minnetonka was officially named by Minnesota's territorial governor, Alexander Ramsey, in 1852.
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Travel to Lake Minnetonka remained relatively difficult until the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad extended a line to Wayzata in 1867.
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Many of Lake Minnetonka's visitors began finding new places to vacation as the railroads expanded westward in the 1890s, causing most of the lake's hotels and steamboats to suffer financially and cease operations.
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Steamboat service on Lake Minnetonka grew evermore limited during this time, and by 1926 TCRT had suspended all steamboat service on the lake.
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Lake Minnetonka area is home to two National Historic Districts: the Crane Island Historic District and The Water Street Historic District in the community of Excelsior.
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Lake Minnetonka was formed approximately 10,000 years ago as the Laurentide Ice Sheet receded northward.
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Lake Minnetonka is divided into two halves, the Upper Lake in the west and the Lower Lake in the east, which reflect the easterly flow of water in the lake's watershed.
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Lake Minnetonka contains black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin, common carp, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, muskellunge, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, walleye, white sucker, yellow bullhead, and yellow perch.
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Lake Minnetonka suffered from significant sewage, fertilizer, and surface runoff pollution until the 1970s.
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Lake Minnetonka's environment is currently overseen by three separate agencies.
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Lake Minnetonka is home to several regional parks owned by Three Rivers Park District.
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Two other large public parks on Lake Minnetonka include Big Island Nature Park and the Excelsior Commons.
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Thurlow Lieurance's song "By the Waters of Lake Minnetonka" was published by the Theodore Presser Company in 1913 and has since been recorded by artists such as Glenn Miller and Desi Arnaz.
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Lake Minnetonka received some unwanted national attention in October 2005 following an incident known as the Minnesota Vikings boat party scandal.
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Lake Minnetonka was briefly featured in the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians in 2011.
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Shots of Lake Minnetonka were included in the lyric video for the 2015 song "Cool for the Summer" by Demi Lovato.
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