Shell Lake is a lake in Becker County, Minnesota, in the United States.

[1] Shell Lake was likely named from the shells on the lakeshore.

[2] Its name in the Ojibwe is Gaa-jiigajiwegamaag-zaaga'igan meaning "'lake lying near the mountain' lake", in reference to the lake's position along the Smoky Hills complex.

[3] Shell River flows out from this lake.

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