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2. List of lakes of Minnesota - Wikipedia

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   Appearance. This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", Minnesota has 11,842 lakes of 10 acres (4.05 ha) or more. [ 1 ] The 1968 state survey found 15,291 lake basins, of which 3,257 were dry. [ 2 ] If all basins over 2.5 acres were counted, Minnesota would have 21,871 lakes. [ 3 ]

3. Glen Taylor - Wikipedia

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   Glen Allen Taylor (born April 20, 1941) is an American billionaire business magnate and politician from Minnesota. [1] Taylor made his fortune as the founder and owner of Minnesota-based Taylor Corporation, one of the largest graphic communication companies in the United States. Taylor is the majority owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves of the ...

4. Eastern wolf - Wikipedia

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   Eastern wolf. The eastern wolf (Canis lycaon[5] or Canis lupus lycaon[6][7]), also known as the timber wolf, [8] Algonquin wolf and eastern timber wolf, [9] is a canine of debated taxonomy native to the Great Lakes region and southeastern Canada. It is considered to be either a unique subspecies of gray wolf or red wolf or a separate species ...

5. List of Minnesota state symbols - Wikipedia

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   The 1857 anti-railroad political cartoon that gave Minnesota the nickname "Gopher State" Minnesota has three nicknames: "Land of 10,000 Lakes", which evolved from the desire of early settlers to advertise the state's large number of lakes to attract more people; "Gopher State", which was inspired by an early political cartoon criticizing the construction of several railroads in the mid-1800s ...

6. Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness - Wikipedia

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   The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW or BWCA) comprises 1,090,000 acres (440,000 ha) of pristine forests, glacial lakes, and streams in the Superior National Forest. Located entirely within the U.S. state of Minnesota at the Boundary Waters, the wilderness area is under the administration of the United States Forest Service.

7. Minnesota Timberwolves - Wikipedia

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   The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. [8] The team was founded in 1989. Its majority owner is Glen Taylor, who also owns the WNBA 's Minnesota Lynx. [9]