Rainy Lake

American  

1. a lake in N Minnesota and SW Ontario, Canada, on the U.S.-Canadian border. 360 sq. mi. (932 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

After a steep climb over Maple Pass, it’s down a set of switchbacks, but on to more breathtaking views, including Rainy Lake on your right.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2021

At Rainy Lake, cozy two-person “honeymooner” models rent for $1,380 a week in peak summer while deluxe 54-foot, 12-person boats with hot tubs rent for $5,795 in the same period.

From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2020

From there, water enters Basswood Lake, a popular fishery that straddles the Canadian border, then Canada’s Quetico Provincial Park and then Voyageurs National Park and Rainy Lake.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2017

Volunteers in that community have filled more than 80,000 sandbags to try to stop flooding from the Rainy River and Rainy Lake.

From Washington Times • Jun. 17, 2014

Late in May La Jemeraye returned from Rainy Lake, bringing canoes laden with valuable furs, the result of the winter's traffic.

From Pathfinders of the Great Plains A Chronicle of La Vérendrye and his Sons by Burpee, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone)