| Deming Lake | |
|---|---|
  Deming Lake | |
| Location | Itasca State Park, Hubbard County and Clearwater County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47°10′14″N 95°10′5″W / 47.17056°N 95.16806°W |
| Type | lake |
| Surface area | 0.05 km2 (0.019 sq mi)[1] |
| Max. depth | 17 m (56 ft)[2] |
Deming Lake is a lake in Hubbard County and Clearwater County, Minnesota, in the United States.[3] It is within Itasca State Park.
Deming Lake was initially named 'Danger Lake' by Peter Turnbull, a land surveyor and civil engineer from Canada, because of water "flooding the ice surface in winter at its south shore". It was renamed after Portius C. Deming, a state park official who was later the President of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners.[4]
Role in understanding past climate
editPollen cores taken from Deming Lake indicate that vegetation around the lake and Itasca region has changed in response to past climate changes. The area was a prairie ecosystem from approximately 8000 to 5400 years ago, an Oak savannah from approximately 5400 to 3300 years ago and currently lies in a Pine forest ecosystem[5].
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Anderson, Roger Y., Walter E. Dean, J. Platt Bradbury, and David Love. 1985. “Meromictic Lakes and Varved Lake Sediments in North America.”
- ^ Anderson, Roger Y., Walter E. Dean, J. Platt Bradbury, and David Love. 1985. “Meromictic Lakes and Varved Lake Sediments in North America.”
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poudelp/sandbox
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Vol. 17. Minneapolis: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 131.
- ^ McLauchlan, Kendra K.; Lasco, Ioan; Myrbo, Amy; Leavitt, Peter R. (2013). "Variable ecosystem response to climate change during the Holocene in northern Minnesota, USA". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 125. Geological Society of America Bulletin: 445–452 – via Geo Science World.
Category:Lakes of Minnesota Category:Lakes of Clearwater County, Minnesota Category:Lakes of Hubbard County, Minnesota