Lake Pepin

Natural reservoir

Lake Pepin is a natural reservoir on the upper reaches of the Mississippi River on the border between the U.S. states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The lake has an area of ​​approximately 100 km ² and an average depth of 5.5 m.

Written records of the lake has been around since 1727, when the French Fort Beauharnois was built on its banks. In 1730 the fort was rebuilt on higher ground base.

On July 13, 1890 accident on the lake 's Ferry Sea Wing, in which 98 people were killed life.

In 1922, Ralph Samuelson invented in Lake City (Minnesota) on the lake the sport of water skiing.

From Pepin (Wisconsin ) on the eastern shore of the lake, the author Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose books were a template for the television series Little House dates.