Lake Metigoshe Explained

Lake Metigoshe
Other Name:Metigoshe Lake
Location:Bottineau County, North Dakota, and Rural Municipality of Winchester, Manitoba
Coordinates:48.979°N -100.354°W
Basin Countries:United States, Canada
Area:1544acres
Cities:Roland Township
Pushpin Map:North Dakota#USA

Lake Metigoshe is a 1544acres lake in both Bottineau County, North Dakota and the Rural Municipality of Winchester, Manitoba.[1] The lake has a maximum depth of . It is located in the Turtle Mountains on the Canada–United States border. The majority of the lake is within the United States, with only the northernmost tip in Canada. The Lake Metigoshe State Park encompasses about of a quarter of the total lake's shoreline (or the east half of what is locally known as 'North Lake').[2] It offers swimming, canoeing, sailing, water-skiing and other water sports, modern and primitive camping areas, and picnicking. There is also the Skinautiques waterskiing club which is the only international waterskiing club in the United States.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Feature Detail Report for: Metigoshe Lake . USGNIS . U.S. Department of the Interior . 30 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Lake Metigoshe State Park . North Dakota.Gov . 30 December 2020.