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Lake Manitou is a man-made lake in Rochester, Indiana, created in 1827 by the federal government of the United States for the Potowatomi Native American tribe. The lake was created as a part of the treaty with the Potowatomi that required the U.S. government to create a mill for Potowatomi use.[1] The Potowatomi originally called the lake Man-I-Toe which translated to the Devil's Lake due to the belief that a monster lived in the lake.[2] The lake contains about 775 acres (3.14 km²) of open water,[3] with a maximum depth of 65 feet (20 m).

Lake Manitou
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Location	Rochester, Indiana
Coordinates	41°3′35.78″N 86°11′31.94″W
Type	artificial lake
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	775 acres (314 ha)
Average depth	11 ft (3.4 m)
Max. depth	55 ft (17 m)
Shore length1	8 mi (13 km)
Surface elevation	781 ft (238 m)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lake Manitou (Indiana).

External links

• Early Manitou Views
• http://www.lakemanitou.org/

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