Location
Lake Valley is in Traverse County LAKE VALLEY Township, organized in 1881, is named for the northern part of Lake Traverse bordering its west side. This part of the lake, northward from its marshy tract at the mouth of Mustinka River, is called Buffalo Lake on the map of Long's expedition, and Joseph N. Nicollet's map called it Intpah Lake, a Dakota name meaning "the end." It has an extent of eight or ten miles from south to north, being at the ordinary stage of low water an area of marsh one to two miles wide, in which are several spaces of open water a mile or two in length. The lake later became a reservoir and was named Mud Lake. The township was divided into LAKE VALLEY EAST Township, T. 127N, R. 46W; and LAKE VALLEY WEST Township, T. 127N, R. 47W. From: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, First edition 1920. Third Edition 2001. Print.
