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'''Bachelor Lake''' is a lake in ],<ref>{{GNIS|639546}}</ref><ref></ref> covering approximately 97 acres, in the northeastern part of ].<ref name="Stark">{{cite web |url=https://mnahgp.genealogyvillage.com/brown/brown_county_minnesota_stark_township.htmlt.html |title=Stark Township |accessdate=January 2, 2010}}</ref>{{sfn|Winchel|Upham|1884|page=}}{{sfn|United States Geological Survey. Branch of Geographic Names|page=}}{{sfn|Upham|2001|page=}}{{sfn|Fritsche|1916|page=75}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Bulletin No. 25 – An Inventory of Minnesota Lakes |url=http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/watermgmt_section/pwi/bulletin25.html |publisher=Minnesota Conservation Department – Division of Waters, Soils, and Minerals |date=1968 |page=6 |access-date=13 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405224500/http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/watermgmt_section/pwi/bulletin25.html |archive-date=5 April 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is an officially ] of the State of Minnesota<ref>{{cite web |url=http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/watermgmt_section/pwi/BROW_PWILIST.PDF |page=2 |publisher=] DIVISION OF WATERS |title=Final Designation of Protected Waters and Wetlands Within Brown County, Minnesota |accessdate=January 2, 2010}}</ref> and the tenth largest of the 32 lakes in Brown County.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} In Brown County, it is one of three named lakes located in Stark Township, where most of the area's wetlands were drained, leaving only these lakes. The proximate area has been described as “fertile, wonderfully productive of crops common to this latitude.” <ref name="Fritsche 1916 p. 341">{{cite book | last=Fritsche | first=L.A. | title=History of Brown County, Minnesota: Its People, Industries and Institutions | publisher=Walsworth | year=1916 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nm8_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA341 | access-date=2020-01-10 | page=341}}</ref> It is at an elevation of {{convert|1004|feet}}.<ref></ref> '''Bachelor Lake''' is a lake in ],<ref>{{GNIS|639546}}</ref><ref></ref> covering approximately 97 acres, in the northeastern part of ].<ref name="Stark">{{cite web |url=https://mnahgp.genealogyvillage.com/brown/brown_county_minnesota_stark_township.htmlt.html |title=Stark Township |accessdate=January 2, 2010}}</ref>{{sfn|Winchel|Upham|1884|page=}}{{sfn|United States Geological Survey. Branch of Geographic Names|page=}} It is an officially ] of the State of Minnesota.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/watermgmt_section/pwi/BROW_PWILIST.PDF |page=2 |publisher=] DIVISION OF WATERS |title=Final Designation of Protected Waters and Wetlands Within Brown County, Minnesota |accessdate=January 2, 2010}}</ref> In Brown County, it is one of three named lakes located in Stark Township, where most of the area's wetlands were drained, leaving only these lakes. The lake is within the ].<ref name="Minnesota River Basin Data Center">{{cite web | title=Lakes | website=Minnesota River Basin Data Center | url=https://mrbdc.mnsu.edu/major/cottonwd/desclake29.html | access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref> The proximate area has been described as “fertile, wonderfully productive of crops common to this latitude.”<ref name="Fritsche 1916 p. 341">{{cite book | last=Fritsche | first=L.A. | title=History of Brown County, Minnesota: Its People, Industries and Institutions | publisher=Walsworth | year=1916 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nm8_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA341 | access-date=2020-01-10 | page=341}}</ref> The lake’s elevation is {{convert|1004|feet}},<ref></ref> and it is zoned as a shoreland area which is regulated as a shoreland management water.<ref name=Zone2019>{{cite web|url= https://www.co.brown.mn.us/images/Department/Planning_and_Zoning/zoningordinance11.pdf|title=Brown County Zoning Ordinance|publisher=Brown County Board of Commissioners|page=82|date=December 17, 2019|access-date=January 10, 2020}}</ref>


As early as 1894, the lake was named for an unmarried homesteader who lived there. <ref name="Upham 2001 p. 76">{{cite book | last=Upham | first=W. | title=Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press | year=2001 | isbn=978-0-87351-396-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ho23eS5qjNgC&pg=PA76 | access-date=2020-01-10 | page=76}}</ref>{{sfn|Upham|2017|page=}} It was mentioned before that, though, in a geological study that was conducted from 1872 to 1884.{{sfn|Winchel|Upham|1884|page=}} Bachelor Lake was named for an unmarried homesteader who lived in Stark,<ref name="Upham 2001 p. 76">{{cite book | last=Upham | first=W. | title=Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press | year=2001 | isbn=978-0-87351-396-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ho23eS5qjNgC&pg=PA76 | access-date=2020-01-10 | page=76}}</ref>{{sfn|Upham|2017|page=}} a congressional township in Brown County. <ref name="Minnesota American History & Genealogy">{{cite web | title=Brown County Minnesota Stark Township | website=Minnesota American History & Genealogy | url=https://mnahgp.genealogyvillage.com/brown/brown_county_minnesota_stark_township.htmlt.html | access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref> Of further historical significance, Beaver Lake is also listed in a report that was submitted March 10, 1872 by the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, and published in 1881.{{sfn|Winchel|Upham|1884|page=}}


In the Spring of 2016, the Minnesota DNR utilized Bachelor Lake as a rearing pond for ]. Approximately 5,000 fry per littoral acre (an acre that is less than 15 feet deep) were stocked in Bachelor Lake.<ref name=MDNR>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/hutchinson/stocking.html | title=Stocking | publisher=Minnesota DNR | date=2016|access-date=January 9, 2019}}</ref> In the Spring of 2016, the Minnesota DNR utilized Bachelor Lake as a rearing pond for ]. Approximately 5,000 fry per littoral acre (an acre that is less than 15 feet deep) were stocked in Bachelor Lake. The Fall harvest following the stocking produced {{convert|538|lbs|kg}} of ].<ref name=MDNR>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/hutchinson/stocking.html | title=Stocking | publisher=Minnesota DNR | date=2016|access-date=January 9, 2019}}</ref>


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This article is about the lake in Brown County, Minnesota. For other lakes, see Bachelor Lake. Lake in Brown County, Minnesota
Bachelor Lake
LocationBrown County, Minnesota
Coordinates44°15′22″N 94°39′07″W / 44.256°N 94.652°W / 44.256; -94.652
TypeLake
Surface elevation1,004 feet (306 m)
SettlementsSleepy Eye

Bachelor Lake is a lake in Brown County, Minnesota, covering approximately 97 acres, in the northeastern part of Stark township. It is an officially protected water of the State of Minnesota. In Brown County, it is one of three named lakes located in Stark Township, where most of the area's wetlands were drained, leaving only these lakes. The lake is within the Cottonwood River Major Watershed. The proximate area has been described as “fertile, wonderfully productive of crops common to this latitude.” The lake’s elevation is 1,004 feet (306 m), and it is zoned as a shoreland area which is regulated as a shoreland management water.

Bachelor Lake was named for an unmarried homesteader who lived in Stark, a congressional township in Brown County. Of further historical significance, Beaver Lake is also listed in a report that was submitted March 10, 1872 by the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, and published in 1881.

In the Spring of 2016, the Minnesota DNR utilized Bachelor Lake as a rearing pond for walleye. Approximately 5,000 fry per littoral acre (an acre that is less than 15 feet deep) were stocked in Bachelor Lake. The Fall harvest following the stocking produced 538 pounds (244 kg) of fingerlings.

See also

References

Citations

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bachelor Lake (Brown County, Minnesota)
  2. Bachelor Lake Topo Map in Brown County MN
  3. "Stark Township". Retrieved January 2, 2010.
  4. ^ Winchel & Upham 1884, p. 563.
  5. United States Geological Survey. Branch of Geographic Names, p. 12.
  6. "Final Designation of Protected Waters and Wetlands Within Brown County, Minnesota" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Natural Resources DIVISION OF WATERS. p. 2. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
  7. "Lakes". Minnesota River Basin Data Center. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  8. Fritsche, L.A. (1916). History of Brown County, Minnesota: Its People, Industries and Institutions. Walsworth. p. 341. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  9. Bachelor Lake Topographic map
  10. "Brown County Zoning Ordinance" (PDF). Brown County Board of Commissioners. December 17, 2019. p. 82. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  11. Upham, W. (2001). Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-87351-396-8. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  12. Upham 2017, p. 72.
  13. "Brown County Minnesota Stark Township". Minnesota American History & Genealogy. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  14. "Stocking". Minnesota DNR. 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2019.

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Municipalities and communities of Brown County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: New Ulm
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Map of Minnesota highlighting Brown County
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Footnotes‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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