Published December 27, 2012, 10:06 AM
Lake Sakakawea freezes over ahead of last winter
The record set earlier this year for the latest freeze on Lake Sakakawea is safe.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The record set earlier this year for the latest freeze on Lake Sakakawea is safe.
Officials say the lake was officially declared frozen Wednesday at 6:40 a.m. It was earlier this year that Sakakawea recorded its latest freeze date on record, on Jan. 18.
The Minot Daily News reports that freeze dates on the lake have been documented since 1961.
The 178-mile-long lake is the third-largest man-made reservoir in the nation.
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