DEVILS LAKE

city, seat of Ramsey county, northeast-central North Dakota, U.S. The community was established with the opening of a land office in 1882 as Creelsburg (later Creel City) and was the head of steamboat navigation on Devils Lake, a saline body of water originally about 30 miles long. By 1909, when the lake had receded 4 miles (6 km) from the city, navigation ceased. The city developed as a trade centre for an agricultural area producing grain, livestock, poultry, and dairy products. Chief manufactures are sheet-metal products, flour, farm implements, and liquid fertilizer. The city is the site of the University of North DakotaLake Region (1941). The Sully's Hill National Game Preserve is 12 miles (19 km) southwest. Fort Totten Indian Reservation is 15 miles (24 km) south. Inc. city, 1894. Pop. (1990) 7,782; (1994 est.) 7,899.