Newest reservoirs in Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro
This is a comparison for lakes within USA > Midwest > Minnesota > Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro > - Compared by Newest (Youngest) Reservoirs and the year it was completed.Note: For some lakes, age data is unknown or does not apply, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 19 articles we have published for Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro lakes.
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Completion year ![]() |
Lake description |
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Prior Lake (Midwest, Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro, Minnesota, USA) |
1983 | Also known as Lower Prior Lake, Upper Prior Lake Thousands of years ago, when glaciers crept through the part of North America that is now Minnesota, they left behind a series of natural features tha… |
Lake Minnetonka (Midwest, Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro, Minnesota, USA) |
1979 | Lake Minnetonka’s 14,000 acres contain many bays and coves, resembling a collection of smaller lakes. “Minnetonka” comes from the Sioux language meani… |
Chisago Lakes (Midwest, Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro, Minnesota, USA) |
1880 | About 130 years ago, the Chisago Lakes Chain of Lakes was undivided, linked together as one big lake. The Swedish settlers called the 5,400-acre body… |