MILLE LACS – PHOTOGRAPHS BY DOUG BENNINGTON - In his book “Mille Lacs,” Doug Bennington captures the essence of a Minnesota icon with a sharp eye and an unfailing love of his subject. For more than five years, Bennington has pursued the changing moods of the lake, its var ...

MASTERFUL VISION - Winter ice forms as thick as four feet over the entire surface, which makes Mille Lacs one of Minnesota’s most popular places for ice fishing.

BRILLIANT ARTISTRY - French fur traders named this area of central Minnesota “Pays de Mille Lacs,” or Region of a Thousand Lakes. They called this lake “Grand lac du Pays de Mille Lacs,” which was later shortened by English speaking settlers to Mille Lacs Lake   ...

SENSATIONAL CRAFTSMANSHIP - Mille Lacs is the second largest lake entirely within Minnesota’s borders. (Red Lake is the biggest).

DYNAMIC CREATIVITY - The lake has 100 miles of shoreline, 207 square miles of lake surface, a maximum depth of 42 feet, and is 1,251 feet above sea level.  

IMPECCABLE PRINTING AND PRODUCTION - Retreating glaciers from the last Ice Age created Mille Lacs, along with most of Minnesota’s other lakes, about 10,000 years ago.

CUTTING EDGE PHOTOGRAPHS - Featuring a compilation of 91 four-color black-and-white fine art photographs

CONTEMPORARY SHOWCASE - Unlike many North American lakes, broad, shallow Mille Lacs does not have a thermocline — the thin layer of water that separates the warmer surface from the cold depths. Because of this lack of layering, fish can swim at all depths year-round.

TIMELESS COLLECTABLE ARTWORK - Fish species include: bluegill, crappie, cisco (tullibee), eelpout, muskellunge, northern pike, smallmouth bass, walleye and yellow perch. With a 100% naturally reproducing walleye population, no restocking is required.