Are there leeches in leech lake

There appeared to be no nearby stores: not grocery, not gas, not…. Well, almost nothing. A small gas station with pints of ice cream, and a small cafe where stopped for a quick burger — somehow we got hungry once we got here and we should have eaten before we went driving.

Scratch made fries that were allowed to cook until they were deliciously golden brown. There are some nearly 80 sites here. Most are electric, there are even some full hook-ups here — not that we have one.

The sites are nicely spread out in a regrowing mixed hardwood and pine forest. The site is partially shaded and we have TV again. When French fur traders first came across the lake in the s, they encountered the Ojibwe tribe. However, regulating the river had an unintended — but welcome — effect of raising the levels of the smaller lakes. Eventually, the levels rose to the point that all six lakes became one large lake!

Leech Lake emerged when glaciers passed over much of Minnesota. Glaciers covered the entire Leech Lake region for millions of years, until about 10, years ago. These glaciers were massive in size, sometimes reaching thousands of feet in height.

Due to their massive size, these glaciers would plow deep into the earth, exposing bedrock that had been covered for hundreds of millions of years. Some of the bedrock in the Leech Lake area is approximately 3 billion years old.

All docks at Shores have amp shore power, and a water faucet. Dock rental includes use of the ramp, gyn pole, pump-out facility, full kitchen, shower facilities, and the swimming beach. For power boats, some of Shores docks are covered. The telephone number in Shores lodge is The GPS coordinates at the mouth of Shores harbor are: