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| Deming Lake | |
|---|---|
  Deming Lake | |
| Location | Itasca State Park, Hubbard County and Clearwater County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47°10′14″N 95°10′5″W / 47.17056°N 95.16806°W |
| Type | lake |
| Surface area | 0.05 km2 (0.019 sq mi)[1] |
| Max. depth | 17 m (56 ft)[2] |
Deming Lake is a lake in Hubbard County and Clearwater County, Minnesota, in the United States.[3] It is within Itasca State Park.
Deming Lake was initially named 'Danger Lake' by Peter Turnbull, a land surveyor and civil engineer from Canada, because of water "flooding the ice surface in winter at its south shore". It was renamed after Portius C. Deming, a state park official who was later the President of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners.[4]
Role in understanding past climate
[edit]Pollen cores taken from Deming Lake indicate that vegetation around the lake and Itasca region has changed in response to past climate changes. The area was a prairie ecosystem from approximately 8000 to 5400 years ago, an Oak savannah from approximately 5400 to 3300 years ago and currently lies in a Pine forest ecosystem[5].
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Anderson, Roger Y., Walter E. Dean, J. Platt Bradbury, and David Love. 1985. “Meromictic Lakes and Varved Lake Sediments in North America.”
- ^ Anderson, Roger Y., Walter E. Dean, J. Platt Bradbury, and David Love. 1985. “Meromictic Lakes and Varved Lake Sediments in North America.”
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poudelp/sandbox
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Vol. 17. Minneapolis: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 131.
- ^ McLauchlan, Kendra K.; Lasco, Ioan; Myrbo, Amy; Leavitt, Peter R. (2013). "Variable ecosystem response to climate change during the Holocene in northern Minnesota, USA". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 125. Geological Society of America Bulletin: 445–452 – via Geo Science World.
Category:Lakes of Minnesota Category:Lakes of Clearwater County, Minnesota Category:Lakes of Hubbard County, Minnesota