Talk:Lost Lake (Minnesota)

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Recently, I wrote this article, but an admin deleted it because they thought I made it up. Try Googling "Mound Minnesota Lost Lake" to see that it really exists. I wish to avoid having to keep rewriting the article. It's not the best writing I have done, but over time, myself and others will work on it. This lake is as significant as many other lakes in Lake Minnetonka. (Lake Minnetonka is really about 30 connected lakes.) Other lakes are included in WP, so is that a good enough reason for it to be included? Also, it is true that Mound has bet a lot on Lost Lake, and some people do take issue with the Council's handling of it. (Also, see my Talk page that covers what the admin and I discussed.) Nanabozho 01:14, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The "45 acres" is my farmers estimate using a Google map and comparing it to a lake of known area (Langdon). An acre, for you city boys, is about 220 feet by 220 feet. Nanabozho 17:53, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I ran across the geo-reference to this lake in Google Earth. The coordinates shown do refer to a lake named 'Lost Lake' in Plymouth MN, but the description of the lake given in the page in Mound MN does not work with the Plymouth lake or the coordinates shown. I updated the coordinates to show what I *think* is the "Lost Lake" described in the article (however the DNR sounding map shows the map at the coordinates I gave as being named 'Seton Lake', but the the description matches the description in the article). See http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/showmap.html?mapid=b0122&name=Lake+Minnetonka for a map showing the lake names right around Mound. All I can say for sure is the Plymouth MN Lost Lake is NOT the one described in this article (there is nothing commerical around it and it does not connect with Lake Minnetonka in any navigable way). Evarsanyi (talk) 06:27, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]