Is Minnesota known as the land of 10000 lakes actually has fewer than 1000 lakes?

Minnesota is often called the land of 10,000 lakes, but the actual number is closer to 15,000, depending on the source of the count. There are 11,842 lakes ten acres in area or larger. Counties without natural lakes: Mower, Olmsted, Pipestone, and Rock.



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Minnesota's lakes are legacies of the glaciers that scoured the landscape over 10,000 years ago. As the glaciers receded, they left behind a wide variety of depressions in the land: some shallow, some deep, some carved out of bedrock, others surrounded by sand.

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Minnesota's official nickname comes from its French state motto, adopted in 1861: l'étoile du nord meaning, “the star of the north.” Another unofficial nickname is the Land of 10,000 Lakes because, well, Minnesota has thousands of lakes—11,842 to be exact!

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