Whipple Lake is a lake in Clearwater County, Minnesota, in the United States.[1]

Whipple Lake
Location of lake in Minnesota.
Location of lake in Minnesota.
Whipple Lake
LocationClearwater County, Minnesota
Coordinates47°10′1″N 95°13′55″W / 47.16694°N 95.23194°W / 47.16694; -95.23194
Typelake

Whipple Lake was named for Henry Benjamin Whipple, an Episcopal bishop who worked closely with Ojibwe and Sioux Indians.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whipple Lake
  2. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 130.