Hungry Jack Lake

Hungry Jack Lake is a lake in Cook County, Minnesota, in the United States.[1]

Hungry Jack Lake was putatively named for Anderson Jackson Scott, a surveyor's assistant who at this lake was temporarily without food supplies.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hungry Jack Lake
  2. ↑ Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 141.

Coordinates: 48°3′30″N 90°26′10″W / 48.05833°N 90.43611°W / 48.05833; -90.43611


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