Birch Lake is a lake in Aitkin and Crow Wing counties, Minnesota, United States.[1]

Birch Lake was named after two types of birch found there (Betula papyrifera and Betula alleghaniensis) from which Native Americans fashioned canoes.[2]

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References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Birch Lake (Aitkin County, Minnesota)
  2. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 19.