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There are three seasonal resorts on the lake - Woodlawn Resort, Madsen's Resort, and
Holiday Haven Resort & Campground. In a 2000 lake survey 133 seasonal cabins and year-round homes on the north shore of the lake were counted. The south shore, which is part of Glendalough State Park, has never
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In 1910 tragedy struck Lake
Blanche when two young people, Gladys Wiswell and Frank Kingsley Jr., drowned. In the Pioneer Journal resident Harald E. Boen said it was a “tragedy that depressed the entire community of Wadena and surrounding area ... without question it (the funeral) was the largest
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Blanche and Otter Tail Lake popular with walkers and runners. In 2021 the land was acquired by the Otter Tail Water Management District (OTWMD) with funds donated by local property owners to ensure that it remain available for recreational purposes in perpetuity. Before 2021, the land
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Blanche in 1896. Wadena is roughly 30 miles east of Lake Blanche and could be reached in a single day by horse in the 1890s. The heat of Wadena's summers and Blanche's pleasant environs enticed other Wadena residents to build seasonal cabins near Northfoss in the
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one ever held in this community. It seems that the entire community assembled at the church, which was altogether too small to accommodate the people, hundreds remaining without the church doors during the services.”
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including paddleboards, kayaks, smaller power-boats, pontoons and sailboats. In the 1980s through the 2000s
Blanche hosted the Inland Lakes Regional
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Blanche is a part of a chain of lakes in the Otter Tail River Watershed that begins with Crane Lake in Otter Tail County and flows north into
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Blanche's shores and bottom are primarily composed of sand and gravel and support a diversity of plants. The lake is ringed with tall, mostly
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Blanche's maximum depth is 64 feet (20 m); 82% of the lake is 15 feet (4.6 m) deep or less. Blanche is classified as a
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At 1,296 acres, Blanche is the 19th largest lake in
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312:Recreation
265:Hudson Bay
205:Max. depth
133:95°39′39″W
130:46°21′01″N
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