Silver Lake (Kingsbury County, South Dakota)

Silver Lake (Kingsbury County, South Dakota)

Silver Lake in Kingsbury County, South Dakota is actually a former lake. Currently, it is a marsh located immediately east of De Smet, on the north side of Highway 14.

History

Silver Lake was the lake about which Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote in her novel "By the Shores of Silver Lake". The Ingalls home (currently, a museum) and Surveyor's House are very close to it.

External links

* [http://www.fws.gov/madisonwetlands/special_places.htm "Fws.gov"]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=44.385871,-97.551703&spn=0.10,0.10 DeSmet on "The Google Maps"]


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