Lake Menomin is located in Dunn County, Wisconsin adjacent to the city of Menomonie with a total area of approximately 1000 acres.1 Lake Menomin received its name from Senator James Huff Stout in approximately 1902.2 The lake may have carried the name Mdé Wakháŋdaŋ (Sacred Place Lake) derived from Wakháŋdaŋ (Sacred Place), Wakanda Park today, which is an interpretted translation by white settlers in the area following Dakota naming conventions.3
References
- "Lake Menomin". Wisconsin Departmentof Natural Resources. https://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/lakepages/LakeDetail.aspx?wbic=2065900. ↩
- "Lake Menomin". Menomonie - LocalWiki. https://localwiki.org/menomonie/Lake_Menomin. ↩
- Vogel, Virgil J., "Indian names on Wisconsin's map". University of Wisconsin Press, 1991, (page 102). https://archive.org/details/indiannamesonwis0000voge/page/102. ↩
Lake Facts
- Area: 1009 acres
- Max Depth: 34 feet
- Elevation: 814 feet
- Bottom: 70% sand, 10% gravel, 20% muck
- Health: hypereutrophic
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