Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:29 pmGary J wrote:"Lands of Many Lakes" Chapter. ------ A take off of the Minesota slogan that so many Wisconsinites point out that we actually have more, but then America's Dairland is actually 3rd or 4th on the list.
"Paul Bunyon Chapter" ------ Don't both of our states colleges covet his "Axe" in an annual battle on the grid iron. Both states have a heritage in logging also.
"The Rodent Chapter" ----- Golden Gophers and Badgers.
"Uff Dah Chapter" ----- If you know what lefse is then you know what to say when your gum falls in the chicken pen.
"Wissota Chapter"
In all seriousness though I actually personally like the Paul Bunyon Chapter as it would lend a lot of fun to the contrast between the TALL legend and the TINY trailers.
Gary
Just a little information that compares Minnesota lakes with Wisconsin Lakes:
Wisconsin professes to have 15,081 lakes.
(http://dnr.wi.gov/org/water/fhp/lakes/Lakes1a.pdf)
However, 9,037 of these lakes are unnamed and average only roughly four acres in size, leaving only 6044 that are large enough to be named.
In contrast, Minnesota has 11,842 named lakes larger than ten acres.
(http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/faq/mnfacts/water.html)
When including unnamed lakes over ten acres the number is 15,291. Various estimates propose that if Minnesota were to lower its cut-off threshold to five acres the number could approach or exceed 20,000 lakes.
In addition, when considering the surface area of each of the states five largest lakes (great lakes excluded), Wisconsin's largest cover 204,105 acres whereas Minnesota's top five total 896,387. Add to that the fact that the surface area of Minnesota's largest eight lakes is greater than all 15,081 "lakes" in Wisconsin. Minnesota also possesses more shoreline than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined.
