Belle Fontaine (; ) is an

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and

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(CDP) in

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, United States, on the western shore of

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. It is located south of the city of

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, along the stretch of shore between the Deer River and the Fowl River. As of the 2020 census, its population was 613. The Belle Fontaine shoreline experiences the occasional

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, a rare phenomenon in which fish and crustaceans swarm in the water, just off the beach.

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