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| Big Cormorant Lake | |
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| Big Cormorant Lake | |
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| Location | Becker County, Minnesota |
| Group | Cormorant Lakes |
| Coordinates | 46°44′30″N 96°06′14″W / 46.74167°N 96.10389°W |
| Type | Lake |
| Primary outflows | Spring Creek |
| Basin countries | United States of America |
| Managing agency | Minnesota DNR |
| Max. length | 3.5 mi (6 km) |
| Max. width | 2.5 mi (4 km) |
| Surface area | 3,657 acres (1,480 ha) |
| Average depth | 30 feet (9.1 m) |
| Max. depth | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Salinity | Freshwater |
| Shore length1 | 18.7 mi (30 km) |
| Surface elevation | 1,158 ft (353 m) |
| Frozen | 5 Months |
| Islands | 1 |
| Sections/sub-basins | Pikes Bay, Blue Water Bay, Glyndon Bay, Spring Creek Bay, Nelson Bay, Viking Bay |
| Settlements | Cormorant Township |
| Website | bigcormorantlake |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Big Cormorant Lake is located in northwestern Minnesota's Becker County, about an hour's drive due east of the Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota metropolitan area. Public access boat ramps are located on the northeast and west sides of the Lake.
The lake was named after the cormorant, a common bird species in the region.[1] In 2015, the lake was discovered to be infested with zebra mussels, which threatens neighboring lakes. Cormorant Lake is situated near the towns of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, Lake Park, Minnesota, Audubon, Minnesota and the Cormorant Township.
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 218.