| Lake Belle Taine | |
| Location: | Hubbard County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates: | 46.9422°N -94.8672°W |
| Type: | lake |
| Pushpin Map: | Minnesota#USA |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Lake Belle Taine in Minnesota, USA. |
Lake Belle Taine is a lake in Hubbard County, Minnesota, in the United States.
The lake was first named by the settlers of Hubbard county as "Elbow Lake" for its sharply bent outlines.[1] Its name in Ojibwe is Gaa-aachaajigwaatigweyaag zaaga'igan[2] meaning "the lake into which the river pitches and ceases to flow,—dies there" due to it has no visible outlet.[3] The first written record of the name, Belle Taine, is found in the survey notes made by Mahlon Black, deputy surveyor, who surveyed Nevis Township in the fall of 1870.[4]