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I III- Ann I'icil It (rrolo(/tsf . 
N..VCII1I1.T, JKiU 
thi'icfoii- lie iliiiwM l»y tliost' who still lie'licvc tiiiit Itasca lakt' is 
the som-c'c of the river, it l)eing situated at the pit of the lowest 
depression of the liniiti'd Ttasea basin. Imt I l-cnow it to Ite a fact 
that there is a <jreati*r ultimate reservoii- there ;it tlie sunnnit. and 
it constitutes tlu* ultimate source. 
To preM'iit unauthorized, erroneous and deceptive chaujres in 
our state map, I suggest that a resume of the historical and geo- 
graphical facts which led up to the final determination to locate 
the State Park at tlie source of our great ji\-er l)e included in my 
forthcoming report, and then, bv legislati\e enactment, prohibit, 
Avithin our own state, the illicit changes in the state map so assid- 
uously persisted in from mercenary motives. 
The law recpiires me to report a detailed chart of the park, and 
topograi)hic field notes for that purpose will lie (•()mi)leted in due 
time. The map accompanying this })aper is reduced from that 
prepared for the Miiuiesota Historical Society. 
\'ery respectfully your obedient servant. 
J. A'. Mhowku. 
ADDENDUM. 
The Itasca State l*ark coutaius thirty-five square miles, includes tlie 
territory sliown in the accompanying map, is singularly picturesque in 
nature's al)undant scenerj', higli liills and summits, pine and balsam 
forests and deep lakes prevailing. 
The nonienclatiu-e, as far as completed, as directed by an order of the 
Minnesota State Historical Society upon a re]>oi-t of its committee, is as 
follows : 
Omoskos (Elk) Sogiagon (Lake), Ojibway. 
Lac La r.iche, - - The French translation. 
The English translation. 
From yer-it<i!<-ni-\)ut. Schoolcraft. 
Named by Lieutenant Allen. 
Named by Jean N. Nicollet. 
Elk Lake, 
Itasca Lake, - 
Schoolcraft Island, 
Infant Mississippi, - 
Nicollet's Lower Lake, 
Nicollet's l'pi)er Lake, 
Nicollet's Middle Lake, 
Nicollet's Valley, 
Uear Point, 
Turnbull Point, - 
Floating Kog l>ay, 
Ozawindib Point, 
<Tarrison Point. 
Khode's Hill, 
Morrison Ilill, 
Island Creek, 
After Nicollet. 
Named by Peter Turnbvdl. 
So called by residents. 
J. V. Brewer's party, 1SH8. 
After Schoolcraft's guide. 
After O, E. Garrison. 
After T). C. Rhodes, photographer. 
After William Morrison. 
Opposite Sclioolcraft Island. 
