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About Big Lake, MN

Big Lake was originally called Humboldt until 1867. Big Lake was originally established to harvest ice in both of its towns' lakes. Due to the rich amount of ice Big Lake provided, it needed to be transported quickly, enabling Big Lake to be suitable for a railway station which was built in 1871. [ citation needed ] Big Lake was served by both the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railroad, later Burlington Northern Railroad, now BNSF Railway. The city was host to a station of both GN and NP railways until the NP station burned in 1918, in later years both railroads shared a depot.