![]() ![]() The park holds natural attractions such as rock formations in Balanced Rock and Cleopatra’s Needle. ![]() It’s so pretty and there is so much to do,” Borem said. Over the summer I go there at least once a week. “It’s a great place to go during all parts of the year. Keli Borem, a sophomore in the college of Engineering and a Wisconsin native visits the lake frequently with friends and family. When white settlers arrived and learned about the area, many names were created but the one that stuck was Devil’s Lake. While Nakota Sioux call the lake something close to Mystery/Bad Spirit Lake. Ho-Chunk tribes refer to the lake as Tewakącąk which translates to Sacred/Spirit Lake. Devil’s Lake is one of the terminal moraines that was filled with glacier melt, but nowadays it’s filled by rainwater and local springs and streams.ĭevil’s Lake was first discovered and mostly visited by local Native Ho-Chunk Tribes. While the glacier moved and melted, it ripped up land and created mounds in the earth, which are called terminal moraines. ![]() It would take over 50,000 years for the sheet to retreat towards northern Wisconsin. This resulted in the Laurentide Ice Sheet covering all of North America. At this time, the last ice age period was ongoing – known as the Wisconsin Glaciation. The lake came into formation about 100,000 years ago. Taking up 27,000 acres of land, Devil’s Lake State Park contains a variety of trails ranging in difficulty. Located in Baraboo, Wisconsin, Devil’s Lake is a State Park that welcomes about three million people every year. In Sauk County, in the western part of Wisconsin, lies a lake with history and tales. ![]()
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