Lake of the Woods

American  

noun

1. a lake in S Canada and the N United States, between N Minnesota and Ontario and Manitoba provinces. 1,485 sq. mi. (3,845 sq. km).

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Lake of the Woods British  

noun

1. a lake in N central North America, mostly in W Northern Ontario, Canada: fed chiefly by the Rainy River; drains into Lake Winnipeg by the Winnipeg River; many islands; tourist region. Area: 3846 sq km (1485 sq miles)

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Lake of the Woods

The transport vehicle, commonly known as a “bomber,” crashed through the ice Thursday morning on Lake of the Woods, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2023

A 14-year-old Minnesota boy was out fishing for walleye on the state’s Lake of the Woods when he dredged up something else — a wallet containing $2,000 in wet, mossy cash.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 23, 2023

In other parts of Minnesota, including other portions of the Lake of the Woods, which has more square miles of water across the two countries than Rhode Island has land, fishing resorts are booming.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2021

It is the northland of the northland – surrounded by Lake of the Woods on three sides and Canada on the other.

From The Guardian ● May 27, 2020

This in the same way communicates by two streams with the still larger Lake of the Woods, the whole region on both sides being thickly wooded.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles