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Devils Lake is a city in Ramsey County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Ramsey County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The population was 7,141 at the 2010 census. It is named after the nearby body of water, Devils Lake. The first house in Devils Lake was built in 1882. It was surveyed in 1883 and named Creelsburg and later Creel City, after the surveyor, Heber M. Creel. In 1884 it was renamed Devils Lake.〔(Ramsey County History )〕 The local paper is the ''Devils Lake Journal''. Devils Lake Municipal Airport serves the city. Devils Lake is home to Lake Region State College and the North Dakota School for the Deaf. ==History== The present site of Devils Lake was historically territory of the Sioux or Lakota. The Sioux were relocated to the Spirit Lake Reservation. The name "Devils Lake" is a calque of the Sioux phrase ''mni wak’áŋ'' (literally: spirit water),〔Buechel, Eugene. (1970) ''Lakota-English Dictionary''. Pine Ridge, SD: Red Cloud Indian School.〕 which is also reflected in the names of the Spirit Lake Tribe and the nearby town of Minnewaukan. The Sioux called the lake ''mni wak’áŋ chante'', which separately translate as ''mni'' (water), ''wak’áŋ'' (spirit), and ''chante'' (bad). Early European-American settlers thought this meant "Bad Spirit Lake", or "Devils Lake." The "bad" referred to the high salinity of the lake, making it unfit to drink, and "spirit" meant the mirages often seen across the water. The Christian concept of the devil was not present in the Sioux religion.〔 The Hidatsa name is ''mirixubaash'' ("sacred water"). The first post office was founded here November 15, 1882, and originally named Creelsburg.〔 It was founded by Lieutenant Heber M. Creel, a West Point graduate and topgraphical engineer stationed at nearby Fort Totten. After resigning from the U.S. Army, he surveyed and established the townsite. The surrounding Creel Township is named for him. Its name was later changed to Creel City and expanded by the Great Northern Railway. When the village was incorporated in 1884, the name was changed to City of Devils Lake and then shortened to Devils Lake.〔〔 A period of increased rainfall, beginning in the 1990s and unprecedented in the history of the state, caused the nearby lake, which has no natural outlet, to rise. The surface area has quadrupled, and the higher water has resulted in the moving or destruction of over 400 houses.〔Dave Kolpack, "(North Dakota lake swallows land and buildings )", ''Denver Post'', September 22, 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Devils Lake, North Dakota」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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