Shell Lake is a lake in Becker County, Minnesota, in the

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. Shell Lake was likely named from the shells on the lakeshore. Its name in the

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is ''Gaa-jiigajiwegamaag-zaaga'igan'' meaning "'lake lying near the mountain' lake", in reference to the lake's position along the Smoky Hills complex. Shell River flows out from this lake.

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Lakes of Minnesota Lakes of Becker County, Minnesota {{BeckerCountyMN-geo-stub

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