Lake Hiawatha

Lake Hiawatha
Lake Hiawatha
	Lake Hiawatha in July 2010
	Lake Hiawatha
Location	Minneapolis, Minnesota,; United States
Coordinates	44°55′15″N 093°14′11″W
Primary inflows	Minnehaha Creek
Primary outflows	Minnehaha Creek
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	53.5 acres (217,000 m2)
Max. depth	33 ft (10 m)
Surface elevation	814 ft (248 m)
Frozen	winter

Lake Hiawatha is located just north of Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was purchased by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board in 1922 for $550,000. At that time the lake was a marsh known as Rice Lake, but over four years, the park system transformed the wetland into a lake surrounded by a park.

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