- East Side Lake
Infobox lake
lake_name = East Side Lake
image_lake = East_Side_Lake.jpg
caption_lake = In winter. Picture taken from the Oakland Avenue bridge over Dobbins Creek looking north-northeast.
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location = Austin,Minnesota
coords = coord|43|40|16|N|092|57|10|W|region:US-MN_type:waterbody_source:gnis|display=inline,title
type =reservoir
inflow = Dobbins Creek
outflow = Dobbins Creek
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basin_countries = United States
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area = Convert|40|acre|abbr=on
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cities =East Side Lake is a Convert|40|acre|ha|2 man-made
lake in Austin,Minnesota in western Mower CountyGR|6, which is in the southeast part of the state. It is one of two man-made lakes in Mower County (the other is Lake Louise), which is one of only four counties in Minnesota without a natural lake. The majority of the lake is only 5-6 feet deep.Dobbins Creek
The lake's only tributary and only outflow is Dobbins Creek, which starts in Red Rock Township and flows through Nicolville. As reported in the
Star Tribune [http://www.startribune.com/462/story/470972.html] , untreatedsewage (includingfeces ) from Nicolville is dumped into Dobbins Creek a mere three miles (5 km) upstream from East Side Lake. Fecal bacteria have been measured at up to 11 times the level allowed in surface water by state law.References
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