Lake Manitou is a man-made

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Rochester, Indiana Rochester is a city in, and the county seat of, Fulton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 6,270 at the 2020 census. History Rochester was laid out in 1835. The founder Alexander Chamberlain named it for his former hometown of ...

, created in 1827 by the

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for the

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Native American tribe. The lake was created as a part of the treaty with the Potowatomi that required the U.S. government to create a mill for Potowatomi use. The Potowatomi originally called the lake Man-I-Toe which translated to the Devil's Lake due to the belief that a monster lived in the lake. The lake contains about of open water, with a maximum depth of .

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Early Manitou Views
* http://www.lakemanitou.org/ Bodies of water of Fulton County, Indiana

Manitou Manitou () is the fundamental life force in the theologies of Algonquian peoples. It is said to be omnipresent and manifests everywhere: organisms, the environment, events, etc. ''Aashaa monetoo'' means "good spirit", while ''otshee monetoo ...

Tourist attractions in Fulton County, Indiana {{FultonCountyIN-geo-stub