with mercury and PFOS. In 1998, a dead female lake sturgeon weighing and long washed ashore on the lake. Sturgeon were thought to no longer exist in the lake or the Minnehaha Creek watershed. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials speculated it may have been released into the lake when young by a fisheries employee during the mid-20th century. It is also possible the fish was a descendant of sturgeon which migrated into the lake thousands of years ago, prior to the formation of Minnehaha Falls. See also List of lakes in Minneapolis List of shared-use paths in Minneapolis References Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board on Lake Harriet Lake Harriet Yacht Club (Lake Harriet Bandshell History) Harriet Parks in Minneapolis Shared-use paths in Minneapolis