The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Lake of the Woods

LAKE OF THE WOODS (Fr. Lac des Bois), a body of water in the Northwest territories of Canada, on the frontier of Minnesota, about lat. 49° N., lon. 95° W. It is 300 m. in circumference, and has an irregular outline indented with bays. A vast number of small islands dot its surface. The Winnipeg river flows from it on the north, and it receives Rainy river on the south. Wild rice grows plentifully along its shores.