What is "devils lake"

Devils Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of North Dakota. It is the largest natural body of water and the second-largest body of water in North Dakota after the artificially created Lake Sakakawea. In 2011, it reached an unofficial historical high elevation of 1454.30 feet (443m). The lake can reach 1458.0 before naturally flowing into the Sheyenne River via the Tolna Coulee.

The city of Devils Lake, North Dakota, takes its name from the lake and the Spirit Lake Reservation is located on its southern shores. The name "Devils Lake" is an approximate translation of its Lakota name, Ble Waka Sica ("blay wah-kahn shee-chah"; literally: "Lake of the Spirits"). Its Arikara name is "'''čiwahaahwaarúxtiʾ ''' [čiWAhaahwaarúxti’]".

Devils Lake is a small lake in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, along the Oregon Coast. It separates the northern part of Lincoln City from the Central Oregon Coast Range. It is 1/3 of a mile wide, three miles (5 km) long, and up to deep. The D River flows from the lake westward to the Pacific Ocean. At , it is one of the world's shortest rivers.

According to Oregon Geographic Names, the name derives from a Native American legend. In the legend, a giant fish or other large marine creature would occasionally surface, much to the dismay of anyone fishing in the vicinity.

The lake is managed by the Devils Lake Water Improvement District. The Preservation Association of Devils Lake (PADL) was founded in 1982. According to the organization's website, its mission is:

Devils Lake is the name of a few lakes in the U.S. state of Michigan.

The largest Devils Lake is in Lenawee County on the boundary between Woodstock Township and Rollin Township. The community of Devils Lake is on the northern end of the lake and Manitou Beach is at the southwest end. Together, the communities are part of a census-designated place named Manitou Beach-Devils Lake that encompasses the entire lake and the smaller Round Lake to the southeast. The lake drains into Bean Creek on the southwest, just north of Manitou Beach. Bean Creek flows into the village of Addison about two miles (3 km) to the west and continuing south, ultimately turns into the Tiffin River after crossing the Ohio state line.

In Alpena County, Devils Lake is a long and shallow marl and muck-bottomed lake on the North Branch of the Devils River within the Alpena State Forest. There is another, much smaller Devils Lake in Alpena County, on Long Lake Creek, about a dozen miles (19 km) to the northeast of the larger Devils Lake.

There are two other much smaller lakes called Devils Lake in Michigan:

• In Brookfield Township in southeast Eaton County at
• In Dayton Township in west central Newaygo County at

Devils Lake is also identified as a variant name for some other small lakes:

• Devils Bowl Lake in Corwith Township, Otsego County, Michigan
• Devils Bowl Lake in Watersmeet Township, Gogebic County
• Devils Hollow Lake in Columbus Township, Luce County
• Eden Lake in Eden Township, Mason County
• Flint Park Lake in the city of Flint
• List Lake in Elk Township, Lake County

Devils Lake is a lake located in Deschutes County, Oregon, along the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway.