Country Roads of Minnesota: Drives， Day Trips， and Weekend Excursions

ISBN: 9780658001758

定价: 30.00

内容简介

~)efore hitting the Country Roads of Minnesota??? a trav-
eler needs to know some of the basics: the who??? what???
} where??? why??? when??? and how. Longer than it is wide (406
~s from north to south and about zoo miles from east to
t at its skinniest point midstate)??? Minnesota is bordered
~he north by Canada??? the south by Iowa??? the east by
consin??? and the west by the Dakotas. The state can be
ded into three distinct terrains: the grassy prairies in the
t??? the pine forests of the north??? and the hardwood forests
he east.
Only about io???ooo years ago??? the landscape was covered
;laciers. When they melted??? lakes and rivers were created???
ring more shoreline than in California??? Florida??? and
e~aii combined. While the state license plate says \"Land of
)oo Lakes???\" there are actually at least ???z???ooo that have
n mapped. Coming up with names has been a challenge
surveyors. There are only so many Big Lake??? Little Lake???
a Lake??? and Lake Lake appellations to go around. In fact???
re are zoI Mud Lakes and r54 Long Lakes. So??? name-
lers started into One-Mile Lake??? Two-Mile Lake??? and so
And there is even a Swan Lake (in Nicollet County??? six
~es east of New Ulm). Some of the best lake names are
logna??? Diddle de Woddle??? and Dismal Swamp. There are
???84z lakes of more than m acres each??? with one boat for
cry six people.
The state received its name from the Dakota Sioux??? who
lied their country Minisota??? which means \"sky-tinted
lrers.\"