Lake Of The Woods

On the international boundary, west of Lake

Superior. Probably discovered by Jacques De Noyon, about the year 1688.

Fort St. Charles was built by La Verendrye, on the western shore of the

lake, in 1732. His son Jean, with the Jesuit missionary Aulneau, and a

number of voyageurs, were murdered by the Sioux on an island in the

lake, in 1736. In addition to its present name, which is a translation

of the name given it by the French, Lac des Bois, it has also borne

several other names, Lac des Sioux, Lac des Isles, Lake of the

Sandhills, etc.