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Lake in the state of Minnesota, United States
Hungry Jack Lake
Hungry Jack Lake in 2016
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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 km)
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 km) with a maximum depth of 71 feet (22 m) and found at an elevation of 1,680 feet (510 m).

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

See also

References

  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.


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