East Okoboji Lake

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East Okoboji Lake
(1903)
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Location	Dickinson County, Iowa
Coordinates	43°24′17″N 095°04′31″W / 43.40472°N 95.07528°W / 43.40472; -95.07528
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	1,835 acres (743 ha)
Average depth	10 ft (3.0 m)
Max. depth	22 ft (6.7 m)
Surface elevation	1,398 ft (426 m)[1]
Settlements	Spirit Lake, Okoboji

East Okoboji Lake is a natural body of water, approximately 1,835 acres (7.43 km²) in area, in Dickinson County in northwest Iowa in the United States. It is part of the chain of lakes known as the Iowa Great Lakes. The area was long inhabited by the Santee or Eastern Dakota Sioux. The lake was known after its Dakota-language name, Okoboozhy, meaning reeds and rushes.