Bachelor Lake (Brown County, Minnesota)

This article is about the lake in Brown County, Minnesota. For other lakes, see Bachelor Lake.
Bachelor Lake
Location of Bachelor Lake in Minnesota
Location of Bachelor Lake in Minnesota
Bachelor Lake
LocationBrown County, Minnesota
Coordinates44°15′22″N 94°39′07″W / 44.256°N 94.652°W / 44.256; -94.652
TypeLake
Surface elevation1,004 feet (306 m)
SettlementsSleepy Eye

Bachelor Lake is a lake in Brown County, Minnesota in the northeastern part of Stark township.[1][2][3] Covering 79.80 acres,[4] it is an officially protected water of the State of Minnesota.[5] The lake is within the Cottonwood River Major Watershed.[6] The lake’s elevation is 1,004 feet (306 m),[7] and it is zoned as a shoreland area which is regulated as a shoreland management water.[4][8]

Bachelor Lake was named for an unmarried homesteader who lived in Stark Township, Brown County, Minnesota.[9][10]

In the spring of 2016, the Minnesota DNR utilized Bachelor Lake as a rearing pond for walleye. Approximately 5,000 fry per littoral acre (an acre that is less than 15 feet deep) were stocked in Bachelor Lake. The fall harvest following the stocking of walleye fry produced 538 pounds (244 kg) of fingerlings.[11]

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Citations

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bachelor Lake (Brown County, Minnesota)
  2. ^ Winchel & Upham 1884, p. 563.
  3. ^ United States Geological Survey. Branch of Geographic Names 1987, p. 12.
  4. ^ a b "Lakes, GIS Summary Table". Minnesota River Basin GIS. Minnesota State University, Mankato. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "Final Designation of Protected Waters and Wetlands Within Brown County, Minnesota" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Natural Resources DIVISION OF WATERS. p. 2. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
  6. ^ "Lakes". Minnesota River Basin Data Center. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  7. ^ Bachelor Lake Topographic map
  8. ^ "Brown County Zoning Ordinance" (PDF). Brown County Board of Commissioners. December 17, 2019. p. 82. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  9. ^ Upham, W. (2001). Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-87351-396-8. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  10. ^ Upham 2017, p. 72.
  11. ^ "Stocking". Minnesota DNR. 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2019.

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