Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Lake Pepin

 Lake Pepin is a naturally occurring lake, and the widest naturally occurring part of the Mississippi River, located approximately 60 miles downstream from Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is a widening of the river on the border between Minnesota and Wisconsin. The formation of the lake was caused by the backup of water behind the sedimentary deposits of the Chippewa River's delta. It has a surface area of about 40 square miles and an average depth of 21 feet which makes it the largest Lake on the entire Mississippi River.(Credit: Wikepedia)
A gray day at Lake City, Minnesota, overlooking Lake Pepin, where the ice is slowly melting.  Before long people will be plying the lake waters on waterskis this coming summer.  A perfect place to celebrate the birthplace of waterskiing!

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15 comments:

  1. Jim Klenke12:43 PM

    I never thought of the Mississippi as a place to waterski. Neat history on how it was invented.

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  2. Bill1:58 PM

    Interesting piece of history on water skiing.

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  3. Halcyon2:38 PM

    Wow! It looks beautiful with that covering of ice.

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  4. William Kendall3:03 PM

    The textures of the melting ice make for an interesting image in and of itself. I hadn't heard of the lake before, though I've probably seen it marked in a road atlas.

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  5. Lois7:10 PM

    It does look pretty with all that ice!

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  6. Powell River Books8:16 PM

    Looks like a really wet spot. - Margy

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  7. Joyful1:10 AM

    Lovely. I never thought of Mississippi as the birthplace of water skiing either. Interesting tidbit.

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  8. Karl3:52 AM

    Beautiful image of the icy lake, looks very cold...

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  9. biebkriebels6:52 AM

    Still with some ice I see.

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  10. Tanya Breese7:44 AM

    how neat, didn't know this is where water skiing was invented!

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  11. Lowell9:01 AM

    I did not know this about Lake Pepin...thanks for sharing!

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  12. Sharon9:52 AM

    There are all kinds of tones of gray in your photo!

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  13. cieldequimper2:44 PM

    Just another one of your tiny American lakes :-) Wonderful!

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  14. Kay10:16 PM

    I had no idea there was a lake on the Mississippi. And the birthplace of water skiing at that.

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  15. Intelliblog1:24 AM

    How fascinating! Lovely shot, too.
    Many thanks for contributing to the Travel Tuesday meme!

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