Lake connected to Cedar Lake and Bde Maka Ska with 2.86 miles of shoreline with a little under three miles of paved walking and biking paths
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Lake of the Isles is a lake in Minneapolis connected to Cedar Lake and Bde Maka Ska. In winter it is used for ice skating and hockey. The lake has an area of 109 acres (0.4 km2), 2.86 miles (4.6 km) of shoreline with a little under three miles of paved walking and biking paths, and a maximum depth of 31 feet (9 m).
Lake of the Isles is known for its two wooded islands, its long north arm, and the surrounding stately houses of the Kenwood, Lowry Hill, and East Isles neighborhoods. The lake was named for small islands that used to exist in the lake, wetlands area, and was used from the earliest days of settlement of Minneapolis.
The lake was created in its current form in the 1880s by dredging a small lake, called Wita Tomna ("four islands lake") by the local Dakota people, and an adjacent marsh.
The lake contains black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin, common carp, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, tiger muskellunge, walleye, yellow bullhead, and yellow perch.
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