East Okoboji Lake | |
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Location | Dickinson County, Iowa |
Coordinates | 43°24′17″N 095°04′31″W / 43.40472°N 95.07528°W |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 1,835 acres (743 ha) |
Average depth | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
Max. depth | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
Surface elevation | 1,398 ft (426 m)[1] |
Settlements | Spirit Lake, Okoboji |
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.