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There are 13 lakes of at least five acres (0.020 km2) within the borders of Minneapolis, Minnesota, known as the "City of Lakes". Lake Calhoun (pictured) is the largest and deepest, covering 421 acres (1.70 km2) with a maximum depth of 89.9 feet (27.4 m), while Lake Hiawatha has the largest watershed at 115,840 acres (468.79 km2). Many of the city's lakes formed during the retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet at the end of the last glacial period. The Dakota harvested wild rice from the lakes, which were developed in the 1880s and onward by the city's Board of Park Commissioners. The Commissioners purchased much of Minneapolis's lakefront property, had the lakes dredged, and connected lakes Calhoun, Isles, and Cedar via artificial channels, resulting in an interconnected parks system and the city's "Chain of Lakes". Minneapolis's lakes and lakeshore, much of which is public parkland, host recreation year-round including swimming, sailing, canoeing, biking, jogging, and ice skating. (Full list...)