Black Dog Lake is a lake in Dakota County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

Black Dog Lake
Location of lake in Minnesota.
Location of lake in Minnesota.
Black Dog Lake
LocationDakota County, Minnesota
Coordinates44°48′19″N 93°15′50″W / 44.80528°N 93.26389°W / 44.80528; -93.26389
Typelake
"A Day at Black Dog Lake" photograph by Truman Ward Ingersoll

The lake was named for Black Dog, a Sioux Indian.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Black Dog Lake
  2. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 168.