Christmas Lake
Christmas Lake is a spring-fed lake covering approximately 265 acres in the western Minneapolis suburbs of Shorewood and Chanhassen. The lake is crossed by the border of Hennepin and Carver counties, with most of the area lying within the jurisdiction of the former.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Galpin Lake and Allemarinda and James Wyer House.
Galpin Lake
Galpin Lake is a lake in Hennepin County, Minnesota, in the United States. The northern part of the lake is in Excelsior and the southern part is in Shorewood.Allemarinda and James Wyer House
Apartment building
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The Allemarinda and James Wyer House is a Victorian cottage beside Lake Minnetonka in Excelsior, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1887 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Excelsior and Greenwood.
Excelsior
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Excelsior is a city of 2300 people in the Twin Cities. Excelsior was founded in the 1850s as a destination for vacationers, primarily from the cities of Minneapolis and St.
Greenwood
Village
Greenwood is a community on Saint Albans Bay on Lake Minnetonka in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States just northeast of the community of Excelsior, Minnesota. The population was 726 at the 2020 census.
Shorewood
Village
Shorewood is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 7,783 at the 2020 census. The city is located around the southern shore of Lake Minnetonka. State Highway 7 serves as a main route. Shorewood is situated 2½ miles west of Christmas Lake.
Christmas Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Hennepin and Carver counties, Minnesota, United States
- Category: body of water
- Location: Hennepin, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Christmas Lake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة كريسماس، ايدن بيرير”
- Cebuano: “Christmas Lake (lanaw sa Estados Unidos, Minnesota, Hennepin County)”
- Cebuano: “Christmas Lake”
- French: “Christmas Lake”
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