LAKE VERMILION

'Lake Vermilion' is a lake in northern Minnesota, United States. The Ojibwe originally called the lake 'Onamuni', which means "Lake of the Sunset Glow".^[1][2] French fur traders translated this to the Latin word ''Vermilion'', which is a red pigment. Lake Vermilion is located near Tower, Minnesota (about 20 miles west of Ely, Minnesota) on the east and near Cook, Minnesota on the west, in the heart of Minnesota's Arrowhead Region. The Vermilion Range area was known for mining during the late 1800s and early to mid 1900s, and the Soudan Mine operated just south of the lake.
Lake Vermilion is known for its walleye and muskie fishing. In the spring of 2005, Lake Vermilion was host to the annual Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener Weekend.
The lake attracts tourists from all parts of Minnesota and the Midwestern United States, who lodge at the lake's numerous resorts and hotels. Tourists are drawn by Lake Vermilion's reputation as a fishing destination, as well as its setting in the northern Minnesota wilderness. The lake is surrounded by parts of the Superior National Forest and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW).
In the 1940s the National Geographic Society declared Lake Vermilion one of the top ten most scenic lakes in the United States.
The Minnesota DNR rates Lake Vermilion as the fifth largest lake by surface area within Minnesota borders.
In 2007, Governor Tim Pawlenty announced the state was negotiating the purchase from U.S. Steel of a large area of land on the eastern shore of the lake for a proposed new Minnesota state park.

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1. History of Lake Vermilion http://lakevermilionresorts.com/info/history
2. Vermilion Land Office - Lake Vermilion History http://www.vermilionland.com/apps/joomla/content/view/18/

External links

★ Lake Vermillion Website

★ http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/showreport.html?downum=69037800