Shell Lake is a lake in
Washburn County,
Wisconsin
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, in the
United States
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.
This lake was named for the shape of the lake that resembles the shells of
freshwater bivalves. The
Shell Lake Municipal Airport is located on a peninsula on the western shoreline of the lake.
See also
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List of lakes in Wisconsin
There are 15,074 documented lakes in Wisconsin.Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Lakes'. 2009. Of these, about 40 percent have been named. They range in size from small one-and two-acre () ponds to Lake Winnebago. They range in dept ...
References
Lakes of Wisconsin
Bodies of water of Washburn County, Wisconsin
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