Whale Lake

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lake_name = Whale Lake
image_lake = Whale_Lake.jpg
caption_lake = Whale Lake on a summer evening.
location = Cook County, Minnesota
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outflow = Whale Creek
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basin_countries = United States
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area = 21 acres (0.085 km²)
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cities = Grand Marais, Minnesota
Cook, Minnesota

Whale Lake is a lake in Cook County in what is known as the Arrowhead Region of northern Minnesota. It is within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of the Superior National Forest, at the base of Eagle Mountain, Minnesota's highest point. Two miles (3 km) from the nearest road, Whale Lake is only accessible via the Eagle Mountain Hiking Trail from the south, or the Brule Lake Trail from the north west.Trails of the BWCA, [http://www.kek.org/maps/maps.html Kekabic Trail Club Maps] , "The Hungry Beaver", May, June, July, 1996.] It offers 2 campsites to hikers, one on the northern shore near the intersection of the two trails, and the other a few hundred yards away from the western shore.

Whale Lake has been known to contain Bluegill,cite web | title = Whale Lake details | publisher = lake-link.com | date = 2007 | url = http://www.lake-link.com/lakes/lake.cfm?LakeID=7250&RegionID=450 | accessdate = 2007-09-06 ] Northern Pike,cite web | title = Whale Lake Information Report | work = Lakefinder | publisher = Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | date = 1973-08-27 | url = http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/showreport.html?downum=16029100 | accessdate = 2007-09-06 ] Yellow Perch, and more commonly, White Sucker fish.

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