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View Poll Results: Which state has the best lakes
Minnesota 105 26.38%
Michigan 122 30.65%
Wisconsin 35 8.79%
Maine 5 1.26%
New York 42 10.55%
New Hampshire 4 1.01%
Washington 14 3.52%
Vermont 1 0.25%
Idaho 8 2.01%
California 21 5.28%
Florida 14 3.52%
Texas 13 3.27%
Ohio 8 2.01%
Arizona 3 0.75%
Nevada 3 0.75%
Voters: 398. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-14-2010, 06:51 PM
 
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Lake Tahoe, California

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Old 08-15-2010, 01:13 AM
 
Location: Minneapolis
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One of the things I like about the lakes in Minnesota is their accessability, most people are near one. I live in the heart of Minneapolis a mile and a half south of downtown - I can walk to this in less that 10 minutes:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/...28c482a5_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/...93656e54_b.jpg

This lake is teeming with fish by the way - walleye, northerns and muskies in additon to panfish.

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Old 08-15-2010, 02:52 PM
 
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Watching the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits this week-end, affirms that Wisconsin's eastern border (Lake Michigan) is stunning.

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Old 08-15-2010, 03:01 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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Default Minnesota by FAR

Minnesota, the land of TEN THOUSAND lakes!
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Old 08-15-2010, 03:21 PM
 
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Minnesota, the land of TEN THOUSAND lakes!
Yeah, but Wisconsin has more square miles of water than Minnesota does.
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Old 08-15-2010, 07:03 PM
 
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New York has a wider variety of lakes, I think. Great Lakes (two of 'em), Adirondack lakes, the gorgeous Finger Lakes, and all kinds of interesting smaller ones, like Green and Round Lakes which are meromictic and are actually blue green.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2429/...7144317f2b.jpg

Nearly every major city or town in New York State is located either on a lake or a river. It's also possible to travel between the major lakes by boat, via the canal system. You can go from Plattsburgh, up near the Canadian border, to Watkins Glen, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes, without ever taking your boat out of the water; or to Minnesota, for that matter...

And well, I don't want to name state names, but here in New York, we call our lakes "lakes" and tend to call our reservoirs "reservoirs" - instead of pretending they are "lakes." Mother Nature gave New York the vast majority of its many lakes... not the Army Corps of Engineers. You can't dam up your rivers and pretend your state has a lot of "lakes," I'm sorry!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/...e5b933a5fb.jpg

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Old 08-15-2010, 07:20 PM
 
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Texas has only one natural lake. lol Arizona has more natural lakes. Thats a vote for Arizona. Arizona has tons of reservoirs by the way and the ones up in the mountains are beautiful. Some of them were Natural lakes but got damned up to be deeper and to be recreational.
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Old 08-15-2010, 07:21 PM
 
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I have a problem with blocking a river or stream to create a lake, it's destructive to nature. I'm not sure what the purpose is -- whether it's for recreation, scenery, hydroelectric power, etc. -- but that picture in Dallas just looks wrong to me. I'm not trying to judge, but maybe I just need to be educated.
I agree. Arizona would have so many more flowing perennial rivers but have decided to damn a lot of them up to hold water.
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Old 08-17-2010, 05:37 PM
 
Location: MINNESOTA
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Minnesota, the land of TEN THOUSAND lakes!

Misconception, it's about 15,000 lakes @ 10+ acres.///

Unlike those Sconnies that use the 5+ acre standard for a lake.
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Old 08-17-2010, 06:29 PM
 
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Misconception, it's about 15,000 lakes @ 10+ acres.///

Unlike those Sconnies that use the 5+ acre standard for a lake.
Doesn't matter what the standard is, Wisconsin still has more square miles of lakes than Minnesota - and Minnesota is a much bigger state.
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