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The largest lake in Minnesota is Upper and Lower Red Lake coming in at 288800 acres. The deepest is Portsmouth Mine Pit near Crosby, Minnesota is the deepest lake at 450 feet and rising. Lake Superior is not in Minnesota. It is not in the boundaries of minnesota or any other state. It is considered international waters because it is linked to the other Great Lakes which is linked to the ocean.

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There are more than 10,000 lakes in Minnesota. I'm not going to type 10,000 names for you, but Lake Itasca is the main source of the Mississippi river. Lake Mille Lacs is also a main lake.

Ten largest lakes (entire lake within borders of Minnesota):

Red Lake (both "Upper" and "Lower") - 288,800 acres

Mille Lacs Lake - 132,516 acres

Leech Lake - 111,527 acres

Lake Winnibigoshish - 58,544 acres

Lake Vermilion - 40,557 acres

Lake Kabetogama - 25,760 acres

Mud Lake (Marshall County) - 23,700 acres

Cass Lake - 15,596

Lake Minnetonka - 14,004 acres

Otter Tail Lake - 13,725 acres

Largest border lakes:

Lake Superior (20,364,800 acres total with 962,700 acres in Minnesota)

Lake of the Woods (950,400 acres total with 307,010 acres in Minnesota)

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Ten largest lakes (entire lake within borders of Minnesota):

  1. Red Lake (both "Upper" and "Lower") - 288,800 acres
  2. Mille Lacs Lake - 132,516 acres
  3. Leech Lake - 111,527 acres
  4. Lake Winnibigoshish - 58,544 acres
  5. Lake Vermilion - 40,557 acres
  6. Lake Kabetogama - 25,760 acres
  7. Mud Lake (Marshall County) - 23,700 acres
  8. Cass Lake - 15,596
  9. Lake Minnetonka - 14,004 acres
  10. Otter Tail Lake - 13,725 acres

Largest border lakes:

Lake Superior (20,364,800 acres total; 962,700 acres in Minnesota)

Lake of the Woods (950,400 acres total; 307,010 acres in Minnesota)

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Red Lake is the largest lake in Minnesota at just under 300,000 acres. Mille Lacs Lake is second at 132,516 acres, and third is Leech Lake.

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The biggest lake within the borders of Minnesota is Red Lake (Upper and Lower). The biggest lake that is partially within Minnesota is Lake Superior.

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Leach Lake over 600 miles of shoreline, great fishing. Near Walker and Bimiji, MN

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red lake.

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