Enemy Swim Lake

Enemy Swim Lake
Location Day and Roberts counties, South Dakota, United States[1]
Coordinates 45°26′22″N 97°15′58″W / 45.4394°N 97.2662°W / 45.4394; -97.2662Coordinates: 45°26′22″N 97°15′58″W / 45.4394°N 97.2662°W / 45.4394; -97.2662
Basin countries United States
Surface elevation 1,854 ft (565 m)

Enemy Swim Lake is a lake in the glacial lake region of northeastern South Dakota located on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation in Day County. Its coordinates are 45°26′22″N 97°15′58″W / 45.4394°N 97.2662°W / 45.4394; -97.2662 and the elevation is 1854 feet (565 meters).

Enemy Swim Lake's name is an accurate preservation of its native Sioux name, recalling an incident when Indians had to swim across the lake to escape their enemy.[2]

See also

List of lakes in South Dakota

Notes

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Enemy Swim Lake
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.2. University of South Dakota. p. 25.

Sources


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