East Okoboji Lake

East Okoboji Lake
(1903)
East Okoboji Lake is located in Iowa
East Okoboji Lake
East Okoboji Lake
Location of East Okoboji Lake in Iowa
East Okoboji Lake is located in the United States
East Okoboji Lake
East Okoboji Lake
Location of East Okoboji Lake in the United States
LocationDickinson County, Iowa
Coordinates43°24′17″N 095°04′31″W / 43.40472°N 95.07528°W / 43.40472; -95.07528
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area1,835 acres (743 ha)
Average depth10 ft (3.0 m)
Max. depth22 ft (6.7 m)
Surface elevation1,398 ft (426 m)[1]
SettlementsSpirit Lake, Okoboji
East Okoboji Lake, in the Iowa Great Lakes region.

East Okoboji Lake is a natural body of water, approximately 1,835 acres (7.43 km2) in area, in Dickinson County in northwest Iowa in the United States. It is part of the chain of lakes known as the Iowa Great Lakes. The area was long inhabited by the Santee or Eastern Dakota Sioux. The lake was known after its Dakota-language name, Okoboozhy, meaning reeds and rushes.