Brule Lake (Michigan-Wisconsin) Explained

Brule Lake
Location:Iron County, Michigan, and Forest County, Wisconsin, United States
Coords:46.056°N -88.839°W
Type:Lake
Outflow:Brule River
Basin Countries:United States
Length:2miles
Area:250acres
Elevation:1552feet
Pushpin Map:Michigan#USA
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of the lake in Michigan.

Brule Lake forms part of the border between the states of Michigan and Wisconsin[1] and is the headwater of the Brule River at 46.0397°N -88.8497°W.[2]

The source of the name is the Ojibwa name for the river, Wisakota, meaning burned or burnt, which the French Voyageurs translated as French: Brûlée.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: United States Congress . United States Congress . George Minot . . Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America . 1862 . November 3, 2008 . Reprint . A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774–1875 . 9 . 1964 . . Boston . 56 . 29th Congress, 1st Session . 98660546 .
  2. Web site: Wisconsin-Upper Michigan State Boundary Surveys . November 4, 2008 . Rohde . William C . WSLS Online Library . Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors . Madison, WI . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081102142230/http://www.wsls.org/wis-mich.htm . November 2, 2008 .