Brule Lake | |
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Location |
Iron County, Michigan / Forest County, Wisconsin, United States |
Coordinates | 46°03′22″N 88°50′20″W / 46.056°N 88.839°WCoordinates: 46°03′22″N 88°50′20″W / 46.056°N 88.839°W |
Primary outflows | Brule River |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 2 mi (3.2 km) |
Surface area | 250 acres (1.0 km2) |
Surface elevation | 1,552 ft (473 m) |
References | U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brule Lake |
Brule Lake forms part of the border between the States of Michigan and Wisconsin and is the headwater of the Brule River at 46°02′23″N 88°50′59″W / 46.03972°N 88.84972°W.
The source of the name is the Ojibwa name for the river, "Wisakota", meaning burned or burnt, which the French Voyageurs translated as Brûlé.