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Cass Lake, a lake near the source of the Mississippi, twenty miles above Lake Winnepeck, having nearly a circular but very irregular form, fifteen to twenty miles in diamter, and embracing a large island (Colcaspi or Grand island) occupied by the Indians as the site of a village. Pike who visited it in 1806 ascertained its latitude to be forty seven degrees forty two minutes and forty seconds north. Schoolcraft was impressed with its extent, [illegible] picturesque character of its islands, and the diversified appearance of its very irregular woodland shores. Allen's Bay is properly the head of the lake, receiving the Mississippi from the west. It is estimated to be three thousand miles from the Gulf of Mexico and thirteen hundred and thirty feet above its level; one hundred and twenty miles north west from Sandy Lake; [oval] sixty miles south of Red Lake; and one hundred and eighty two miles below the source of the Mississippi. This lake was named in honor of Hon. Lewis Cass, who visited it in 1820.

Cass Lake, a lake near the source of the Mississippi, twenty miles above Lake Winnepeck, having nearly a circular but very irregular form, fifteen to twenty miles in diamter, and embracing a large island (Colcaspi or Grand island) occupied by the Indians as the site of a village. Pike who visited it in 1806 ascertained its latitude to be forty seven degrees forty two minutes and forty seconds north. Schoolcraft was impressed with its extent, [illegible] picturesque character of its islands, and the diversified appearance of its very irregular woodland shores. Allen's Bay is properly the head of the lake, receiving the Mississippi from the west. It is estimated to be three thousand miles from the Gulf of Mexico and thirteen hundred and thirty feet above its level; one hundred and twenty miles north west from Sandy Lake; [oval] sixty miles south of Red Lake; and one hundred and eighty two miles below the source of the Mississippi. This lake was named in honor of Hon. Lewis Cass, who visited it in 1820.