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<blockquote data-quote="PrairieGhost" data-source="post: 97482" data-attributes="member: 704">Dean maybe I got the year wrong.&nbsp; I searched for Boundary Waters Treaty and found this one of 1909.&nbsp;&nbsp; I remembered a publication by Farmes Union back in the 1970s when the debate on Garrison Diversion was going hot and heavy.&nbsp; I guess my memory back 40 years isn't that good.&nbsp; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_Waters_Treaty_of_1909" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_Waters_Treaty_of_1909</a>The Devils Lake thing is always interesting to me.&nbsp; I rambled around a lot of woods and prairie just two or three miles to the south as a kid with a 22 bolt action Marlin over my shoulder.My Grandfather rode this to Devils Lake:[ATTACH]11216[/ATTACH]<a href="http://tourism.devilslakend.com/what-to-do/explore-history/minnie-h/" target="_blank">http://tourism.devilslakend.com/what-to-do/explore-history/minnie-h/</a>I believe he said it went from Ft. Totten, to Minnewaukan, to Churches Ferry, to Devils Lake.&nbsp; It actually sounded to me like the lake was much larger then than now.&nbsp; Not much draft on that boat I wouldn't have wanted to be on that lake in a wind.&nbsp; As I understand the original name was Minnewaukan meaning Spirit Water, not Devils Lake.&nbsp; Named for a bunch of native Americans that drown on the lake.&nbsp; Couldn't resist a little history.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PrairieGhost, post: 97482, member: 704"] Dean maybe I got the year wrong. I searched for Boundary Waters Treaty and found this one of 1909. I remembered a publication by Farmes Union back in the 1970s when the debate on Garrison Diversion was going hot and heavy. I guess my memory back 40 years isn't that good. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_Waters_Treaty_of_1909[/URL] The Devils Lake thing is always interesting to me. I rambled around a lot of woods and prairie just two or three miles to the south as a kid with a 22 bolt action Marlin over my shoulder. My Grandfather rode this to Devils Lake:[ATTACH=CONFIG]11216._xfImport[/ATTACH] [URL]http://tourism.devilslakend.com/what-to-do/explore-history/minnie-h/[/URL] I believe he said it went from Ft. Totten, to Minnewaukan, to Churches Ferry, to Devils Lake. It actually sounded to me like the lake was much larger then than now. Not much draft on that boat I wouldn't have wanted to be on that lake in a wind. As I understand the original name was Minnewaukan meaning Spirit Water, not Devils Lake. Named for a bunch of native Americans that drown on the lake. Couldn't resist a little history. [/QUOTE]

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