Bush Lake (Hennepin County, Minnesota)


Bush Lake is located in the southwest corner of the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota, near its border with Eden Prairie in Hennepin County. It has an area of and a maximum depth of. The lake contains many fish, but primarily Bluegill, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead, Yellow Perch.
Bush Lake is near Hyland Lake Park Reserve.

History

When European settlement of the area began in the mid-19th century, the contemporary Bush Lake water body was a bay in Andersons Lake, now an interconnected series of lakes called the Anderson Lakes. By as early as 1890, there existed a distinct water body referred to as Bush Lake.