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MHS Transactions: The Lake of the Woods, Its History, Geology, Mining and Manufacturing |
 | | The Lake of the Woods became the highway for almost all the expeditions and journeyings of voyageurs from the Lake Superior district to the interior of the Northwest. |
 | | The continuation of the road was made to the northwest angle of the Lake of the Woods, and the road, some 110 miles in length, was known as the "Dawson Road." This road was afterwards a part of the famous "water stretches" rout by which Mr. |
 | | The Lake of the Woods, which has an area of 36,000 miles, is divided naturally into two parts, the southern, which is largely an open sheet of water and somewhat shallow, the northern filled with a multitude of rocky islands. |
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