Rat Root Lake

Rat Root Lake
Location of the lake in Minnesota.
Location of the lake in Minnesota.
Rat Root Lake
LocationKoochiching County, Minnesota
Coordinates48°30′9″N 93°16′44″W / 48.50250°N 93.27889°W / 48.50250; -93.27889
Typelake

Rat Root Lake is a lake in Koochiching County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

Rat Root Lake was named for the roots eaten by muskrats.[2]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rat Root Lake
  2. ^ Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 285.