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Topography

Rose Lake covers a surface of 1315 acres and has a maximum depth of 90 feet.Rose Lake information report
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2013. It rests in the Rove Formation, which is characterized by Animikie slates interrupted by diabase sills which form long, parallel, east-west ridges with shallow south rises and steep cliffs on the north.Grant, Ulysses S. II, "The Geology of the Rove Lake Plate," ''The Geology of Minnesota,'' Vol. 6. Ed. N. H. Winchell. p. 492. The Pioneer Press Printers, St. Paul, 1899. The ridge to the south of Rose Lake rises three hundred feet over the lake's surface for nearly all its length. Rose Lake Mountain, on the ridge to the south, was originally surveyed at 1997 feet above sea level. Rose sits at 1528 feet above sea level, and being the lowest surface water in the Rove Formation, drains the nearby Duncan Lake, South Lake, and Watap Lake. :File:Geologic map NE Minnesota.jpg It empties into the Arrow River, a tributary of the Pigeon River, which ultimately drains into Lake Superior.Grant, Ulysses S. II, "The Geology of the Rove Lake Plate," ''The Geology of Minnesota,'' Vol. 6. Ed. N. H. Winchell. p. 493. The Pioneer Press Printers, St. Paul, 1899.

Climate

Rose Falls is a waterfall that flows into Rose Lake from Duncan Lake. There is no weather station, but this climate table contains

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data. Rose Falls has a

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''Dfb''), closely bordering on a

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''Dfc'').

Plant and Animal Life

Rose Lake contains Walleye, Lake Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Cisco, Lake Whitefish, Rainbow Smelt, Burbot, Yellow Perch, and White Sucker. It sits in a forest dominated by white pines and cedars.Diebel, Lynne Smith, ''Paddling Northern Minnesota.'' p. 142. Sheridan Books, USA, 2005.

Human Use

Rose Lake became the terminus of the Alger Smith railroad after the General Logging Company purchased its northern portion and extended it from Two Island Lake in the 1920s.Heinselman, Miron L. ''Boundary Waters Wilderness Ecosystem.'' p. 107. University of Minnesota Press, 1996. Logging reached the eastern shore of Rose Lake around 1929, but ended shortly thereafter when the General Logging Company suffered setbacks due to the Brule Lake Fire of 1929 and the onset of the Great Depression. In 1936, a forest fire began in Ontario and crossed the international border at the lake, but was contained by the firefighting crews of the Superior National Forest.Heinselman, Miron L. ''Boundary Waters Wilderness Ecosystem.'' p. 154. University of Minnesota Press, 1996. Rose Lake is in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area within the USA and the Crownland of Ontario Canada. The BWCA restricts access to specific entry points. Rose Lake may be accessed by canoe through a portage from Duncan Lake, or by foot through the Border Route Trail or Caribou Rock Trail.Diebel, Lynne Smith, ''Paddling Northern Minnesota.'' p. 143. Sheridan Books, USA, 2005.

References

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