Lake Manitou
Lake Manitou is a man-made lake in Rochester, Indiana, created in 1827 by the federal government of the United States for the Potowatomi Native American tribe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Swamp
- Description: lake in Rochester, Indiana, USA
- Also known as: “Lake Manatau”, “Lake Manatu”, “Lake Manitu”, and “Manitau Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fulton County Airport and Fulton County Courthouse.
Fulton County Airport
Aerodrome
Fulton County Airport is two miles east of Rochester, in Fulton County, Indiana. It is owned by the Fulton County Airport Authority.
Fulton County Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: Bugdog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fulton County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Rochester, Indiana. It was built in 1895–1896, and is a four-story, Richardsonian Romanesque style limestone building. Fulton County Courthouse is situated 2 miles northwest of Lake Manitou.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rochester and Athens.
Rochester
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rochester is the county seat of Fulton County, Indiana, USA, and is the only city there. Its name comes from the much larger city in New York, USA. Its proximity to South Bend and Fort Wayne makes it a handy place to stay and maybe visit if everything closer is taken, without being too far away or too expensive.
Athens
Village
Athens is an unincorporated community hamlet in Henry Township, Fulton County, Indiana, originally called Hoover Station. A post office established as Grant, on December 20, 1875, was moved to Hoover Station in 1883; Hoover Station was a waystation for the Chicago and Atlantic Railway, where Jacob Hoover was the postmaster and kept a general store with his brother. Athens is situated 3 miles east of Lake Manitou.
Lake Manitou
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Fulton, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Manitou” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة مانيتو”
- Cebuano: “Lake Manitou (lanaw sa Estados Unidos, Indiana)”
- Cebuano: “Lake Manitou”
- Chinese: “馬尼圖湖 （印第安納州）”
- Chinese: “马尼图湖 （印第安纳州）”
- French: “Lake Manitou”
- Welsh: “Llyn Manitou”
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