Lake Henry | |
Location: | Kingsbury, South Dakota[1] |
Basin Countries: | United States |
Area: | 2000acres[2] |
Elevation: | 1690feet[3] |
Pushpin Map: | South Dakota#USA |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Lake Henry in South Dakota, USA. |
Lake Henry, is a natural lake in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, in the United States, near the town of De Smet. It has the name of George Henry, an early settler.[4] Nowadays it is a popular fishing area.[5]
Lake Henry is near De Smet, one of the residences of author Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prairie books) and appears in several of her novels as one of the "Twin Lakes", along with Lake Thompson.