The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12
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some twenty citizens of st. Paul.
among whom were Senator Mcmillan,
William b. Deane, E. F. Drake. J. H.
Saunders. A. H. Wilder, J. A. Wheelock
and Judge Palmer The association
cleared. away the islands underbrush,
then reeking with poison ivy, built a
club house. apportioned the islands
area by lot among the members. who
built homes upon their various proper
ties. Elaborate sanitary and building
regulations were framed and extensive
improvements rapidly made. so that
now ManitOu is one of the most charm
ing summer residence spots. in the
world. though perhaps some of the
stringent early regulations of the asso-
citation are not quite rigidly observed.
For instance, there were to be no
kitchens in any of the residences-an
cooking being designed to be done in
the club house. But the club house
burned some years ago-never having
been O. great success, and Spirit Is
landers can cook in their own domi-
Giles. The association is. however, still
extant.
Bald Eagle lake Is also in White
Bear town. A small island near the
center was the home of several bald
eagles at the time of the government
survey and from this the lake takes
it's name. Otter lake is so named from
the offers which were found near it's
shores. Pleasant lake is literally
pleasant spot" Wilkinson lake is
named from Ross Wilkinson. an old
settler. Lake Gilfllan in honor of G.
d. Gilhllan. Lambert lake from another
old settler. Vadnais lake. distinguished
for its gravelly and sandy shores and
for being a most important link in st.
PauPs water system. was named from
John Vadnais. and Birch lake from the
white hirPh surrounding
Lakes in Rose Town.
In Rose there are BENEFITS lake,
named from E. Bennett, an early set
tier; Lakes Josephine, Wilson's, Pop
lar and McCarron lake, and lastly Lake
Como, the beautiful feature of ST.
Paul's Como park. Originally this lake
was somewhat larger than it is now
indeed, almost all of Ramsey's lakes
have suffered some diminution in size
from drainage, evaporation and filling
incidental to the improvements Of
years past.
Mounds View Lakes.
In Mounds view there are twenty
lakes with names and twenty more
without them, being mere ponds. There
is Turtle lake, so called from a large
turtle found in it In early days. It
contains about so acres Snail is an
/ OthCi AeihCy oiO 11dhG JOHduIldH, ABOUT
seven miles from St. Paul and five
from Minneapolis, and is noted for it's
beauty. Long lake is so called from it's
length-it is about one mile long and
fifty rods wide. Then there are Char
lies lake, Grass lake and Wood lake in
this town. Most of these lakes were
originally surrounded by fine timber.
burr and black oak, much Of which has
since been cut away.
New Canada Town.
Contains Lake Gervais, some 300
acres in extent, and famous once for
Its fishing and ducks Benjamin Ger
Va1S, an early settler, gave it his name.
Perhaps one of the most notable cir
cumstanceS connected with this BODY
OF water is most devastating and life
destroying cyclone, which visited its
nefghborhood in the early COS. Lake
Phalen Juts into Ramsey county in
this town, though not wholly within If
1t is named from Edward Phalen. and
mas retained its name in spite of efforts
TO change 1T on account of the i'll re-
pute Of Phalen, who was suspected
but never proven, to be guilty of seri-
Gus offenses. At one time it was pro-
posed to call this lake Goodhue hut
the attempt failed, and Phalen it re-
MAINS TO this day. The lake is about
-. - t ou oHe-HdiI IIiieS long and from
elgnty to one hundred rods wide
Then in New Canada are Kahlrnar
AXE. a little pond of rs acres, Savage
lake 4O acres in extent and so-oAlIed
because the Indians frequented IT i'm
large numbers. Spoon lake, Silver
lake, Wakefield lake. Forest lake. Rea-
yer lake. Sandy lake and several
smaller bodies Of water are in this
Mclean is the one town in the coun-
" winch has no fine lakes, but even