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Hungry Jack Lake

Coordinates: 48°3′30″N 90°26′10″W / 48.05833°N 90.43611°W / 48.05833; -90.43611
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Hungry Jack Lake
Hungry Jack Lake in 2016
Location of Hungry Jack Lake in Minnesota, USA.
Location of Hungry Jack Lake in Minnesota, USA.
Hungry Jack Lake
Location of Hungry Jack Lake in Minnesota, USA.
Location of Hungry Jack Lake in Minnesota, USA.
Hungry Jack Lake
LocationCook County, Minnesota
Coordinates48°3′30″N 90°26′10″W / 48.05833°N 90.43611°W / 48.05833; -90.43611
Surface area463 acres (1.87 km2)
Max. depth71 feet (22 m)
Surface elevation1,680 feet (510 m)

Hungry Jack Lake is a lake in Cook County, Minnesota, in the United States. The lake is 463 acres (1.87 km2) with a maximum depth of 71 feet (22 m) and found at an elevation of 1,680 feet (510 m).[1]

Hungry Jack Lake was putatively named for Anderson Jackson Scott, a surveyor's assistant who at this lake was temporarily without food supplies.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hungry Jack Lake
  2. ^ Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 141.