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White Bear Lake (other)
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White Bear Lake may refer to: Canada * White Bear (Carlyle) Lake United States *White Bear Lake (Minnesota), a lake in Ramsey and Washington counties in Minnesota *White Bear Lake, Minnesota, a city in Ramsey County **White Bear Lake Area High School *White Bear Lake Township, Pope County, Minnesota See also * White Bear (other) * Bear Lake (other) Bear Lake may refer to several places: Lakes Canada * Bear Lake (Bear River), a lake in the northwestern Omineca Country of the North-Central Interior of British Columbia, part of the Skeena River drainage via the Bear and Sustut Rivers (there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Bear (Carlyle) Lake
White Bear (Carlyle) Lake is a closed-basin lake in the Moose Mountain Upland. It is the largest lake on the plateau, slightly larger than its neighbour, Kenosee Lake. White Bear (Carlyle) Lake is within the White Bear 70 Indian reserve and Carlyle Lake Resort is along the southern shore. The lake and its amenities can be accessed from Highway 9. Originally the lake was named ''Carlyle Lake'' by the first European settlers to the area. In the late 1970s control of the lake was handed over to the White Bear First Nations and at that time the lake was renamed to White Bear (Carlyle) Lake. Water levels Beaver are not native to Moose Mountain and in 1923, two breeding pairs from Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan were brought to nearby Kenosee Lake. The beavers flourished and soon dams were blocking not just inflow creeks to Kenosee, but White Bear (Carlyle) Lake as well. According to aerial photographs, the surface of White Bear (Carlyle) Lake in 1928 was 737 metres asl. By 1945, it had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Bear Lake (Minnesota)
White Bear Lake ( dak, Mathó Ská Bdé) is a lake in northeastern Ramsey County and western Washington County in the U.S. state of Minnesota, in the northeast part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The city of White Bear Lake takes its name from the lake. History In ''Life on the Mississippi'' (1883)'','' American author Mark Twain wrote:The White-bear Lake is less known. It is a lovely sheet of water, and is being utilized as a summer resort by the wealth and fashion of the State. It has its club-house, and its hotel, with the modern improvements and conveniences; its fine summer residences; and plenty of fishing, hunting, and pleasant drives. There are a dozen minor summer resorts around about St. Paul and Minneapolis, but the White-bear Lake is the resort.Twain also noted the Native American tradition of maple sugar making on the island in White Bear Lake:Every spring, for perhaps a century, or as long as there has been a nation of red men, an island in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Bear Lake, Minnesota
White Bear Lake is a city in Ramsey County in the state of Minnesota, United States. A small portion of the city also extends into Washington County. The population was 23,769 at the 2010 census. The city is located on White Bear Lake, one of the largest lakes in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. Origin of name The city is named after its largest lake, White Bear Lake. American writers have delivered differing versions of the legend that explains the origin of the name. In her book ''Indian Legends of Minnesota'', Mrs. Carl T. Thayer writes that "It is said that a Sioux maiden fell in love with a Chippewa brave. She, the daughter of the Chief, on learning that her father planned war against the Chippewa, ran to her lover and warned him. The brave went alone into the Sioux village to ask for peace and the hand of the maiden. Before the Chief would agree, the Chippewa would have to do a brave deed." "The lovers usually met on Manitou Island. One day, as the bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Bear Lake Area High School
White Bear Lake Area High School (abbreviated WBLAHS) is a high school in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, United States. The school was formed by merging White Bear High School (WBHS) and White Bear Mariner High School in the 1983–84 school year. It currently consists of two campuses and an alternative learning center. North Campus houses grades nine and ten, while South Campus serves grades eleven and twelve, and also contains a special education section separate from the high school. WBLAHS is the only school in the state of Minnesota with grades 9–10 and 11–12 in different buildings. Campuses North Campus North Campus, the previous White Bear High School, is located in the north side of White Bear Lake, north west of downtown White Bear Lake, and was built in 1964. The school houses students grades 9–10. The campus features some unique architectural design elements, including circular hallways. South Campus What is now known as South Campus was built in 1971 and opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Bear Lake Township, Pope County, Minnesota
White Bear Lake Township is a township in Pope County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 440 at the 2000 census. The township was named for White Bear, an Ojibwe chief, who is buried there near a lake shore. History The township was surveyed in 1866 and organized in 1869. The Wadsworth Trail from St. Cloud, Minnesota to Fort Wadsworth ran through the township. White Bear Lake Township contains the city of Starbuck, Minnesota. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.6 square miles (89.6 km), of which 32.7 square miles (84.8 km) is land and 1.9 square miles (4.8 km) (5.38%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 440 people, 162 households, and 131 families residing in the township. The population density was 13.4 people per square mile (5.2/km). There were 234 housing units at an average density of 7.1/sq mi (2.8/km). The racial makeup of the township ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Bear (other)
White bear may refer to: Animals * Polar bear, also known as a white bear * Kermode bear, or spirit bear, a subspecies of American black bear in British Columbia, Canada Buildings * The White Bear, Clerkenwell, a public house in London * White Bear railway station, a former train station in Adlington, Lancashire, England People * Satanta (Kiowa leader) (ca. 1820–1878), or White Bear, great chief of the Kiowa tribe * White Bear (Wabimakwa) (died 1870), Chief of Temagami First Nation, Ontario Places Canada * White Bear, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada * White Bear 70, an Indian Reserve in Saskatchewan United States * White Bear Township, Minnesota, in Ramsey County * White Bear, Missouri, an unincorporated community Other uses * ''White Bear'' (album), by the Temperance Movement, or the title song, 2016 * "White Bear" (''Black Mirror''), a 2013 television episode * '' Night of the White Bear'', 1971 Canadian novel by Alexander Knox See also *White Bear L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
