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
General Information
Undeveloped areas: 6am to 10pm
Parking is generally free on surrounding parkways where permitted
Spring and summer are ideal for walking, biking, paddling, and scenic views.
Fall offers colorful foliage around the lake.
Winter is popular for skating, hockey, and snow-covered lake views.
How to Get There
From Minneapolis (0 mi): Take Hennepin Avenue or Lake of the Isles Parkway west from downtown Minneapolis and follow the parkway around the Chain of Lakes area to Lake of the Isles Park at 2500 Lake of the Isles Parkway E.
From Minneapolis (0 mi): Take Lyndale Avenue South or Lake Harriet Parkway through southwest Minneapolis and follow signs to Lake Harriet Park at 4135 W Lake Harriet Parkway, located within the Chain of Lakes Regional Park system.Overview
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.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Lake of the Isles", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
