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Powderhorn Lake is a small, natural lake within
Powderhorn Park The Powderhorn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (part of the larger Powderhorn community) is located approximately three miles south of downtown and is bordered by East Lake Street to the north, Cedar Avenue to the ...
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Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...
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Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
, United States. The lake has a shoreline of , a surface area of about , and a maximum depth of . The lake is popular local destination for fishing and it is serves as a backdrop for many events and activities in Powderhorn Park. The lake takes its name from its original shape that more closely resembled a
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Geography

The water body is one of 13 lakes in Minneapolis. Several local places names in Minneapolis are derived from the lake.
Powderhorn Park The Powderhorn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (part of the larger Powderhorn community) is located approximately three miles south of downtown and is bordered by East Lake Street to the north, Cedar Avenue to the ...
is an
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in the officially designated
Powderhorn Park The Powderhorn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (part of the larger Powderhorn community) is located approximately three miles south of downtown and is bordered by East Lake Street to the north, Cedar Avenue to the ...
neighborhood, which is within the larger Powderhorn community of Minneapolis.


History

The present lake is the remnant of a curved lake in the middle of what is now Minneapolis. The name Powderhorn Lake was first used for the lake in a map of the area around Fort Snelling in 1839. The lake takes its name from its former shape: it was curved, resembling a
powder horn A powder horn is a container for gunpowder, and was generally created from cow, ox or buffalo horn. The term may also be used for any personal container for gunpowder, although powder flask is the strictly correct term. Features Typically th ...
. Since the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board purchased the lake and adjacent land in 1890, the natural lake has undergone shore alteration, dredging, and groundwater augmentation. In the mid-1920s the northern arm of the lake and the lake no longer had its distinctive powder horn shape.


Recreation

Powderhorn Lake is a popular local destination for shore or pier fishing. The lake is stocked annually with
bluegill The bluegill (''Lepomis macrochirus''), sometimes referred to as "bream", "brim", "sunny", or "copper nose" as is common in Texas, is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and ...
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black crappie The black crappie (''Pomoxis nigromaculatus'') is a freshwater fish found in North America, one of the two types of crappies. It is very similar to the white crappie in size, shape, and habits, except that it is darker, with a pattern of black sp ...
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largemouth bass The largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides'') is a carnivorous freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae ( sunfish) family, a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico, but ...
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channel catfish The channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States, the ...
. There is a fishing pier behind the park's recreation center. Invasive aquatic plants were first discovered in the lake in 2006. The lake is not considered swimmable.


See also

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Dorothy Franey Dorothy “Dot” Franey Langkop (October 25, 1913 in St. Paul, Minnesota – January 10, 2011 in Dallas, Texas) was an American speed skater who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics. Biography As she was from St. Paul, like other skaters fro ...
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List of lakes in Minneapolis There are 13 lakes of at least within the borders of Minneapolis in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Of these, Bde Maka Ska is the largest and deepest, covering with a maximum depth of . Lake Hiawatha, through which Minnehaha Creek flows, has a wa ...


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Powderhorn Lake
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources {{authority control Lakes of Minneapolis Lakes of Hennepin County, Minnesota Lakes of Minnesota