Every Lowry Hill News story tagged Chain Of Lakes.

Paddling season is underway on Lake of the Isles, the sheltered lake that links by channel to Bde Maka Ska and Cedar Lake to form the heart of the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes.

The Kenilworth and North Cedar Lake trails reopened in March 2026 after nearly seven years of closure for light-rail construction, restoring the bike link between the Chain of Lakes, downtown Minneapolis and the western suburbs.

A resident urges that the health of the lakes stay a standing item on neighborhood agendas, not an afterthought once school budgets and development are settled.

The loop around Lake of the Isles is where many Lowry Hill residents run into their neighbors, and the Park Board is advancing a multiyear plan to rebuild its shoreline and paths.

A paddler can launch on Lake of the Isles and reach Cedar Lake and Bde Maka Ska through connecting channels without ever loading the boat back onto a car.

The cleanup of the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes, carried out over decades by a multi-agency partnership, has been described as the nation's largest urban lake restoration.

Lowry Hill residents pressed the case for slowing traffic near Hennepin Avenue and for staying on top of Park Board work along the Chain of Lakes.

A new $819,000 state grant will fund the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board's restoration of about 2.6 miles of eroding, turf-dominated shoreline across the city's lakes, including Lake of the Isles.

The Minneapolis Chain of Lakes drew nearly 6.9 million visits in 2024, the most of any regional park in the Twin Cities, and that volume is the central challenge in keeping the water clean.

Lake of the Isles Parkway, with Logan and Morgan avenues, forms Lowry Hill's western boundary and gives the neighborhood direct access to the Chain of Lakes.

Minneapolis Park Board canoe and kayak rack permits for Lake of the Isles cost $325 for city residents in 2026, with registration running Jan. 2 through Feb. 28.

More than 100 yard sales span six neighborhoods on a single Saturday.

The Kenilworth Channel between Lake of the Isles and Cedar Lake reopened to paddlers in late August 2023 after about two years closed for light-rail bridge work.

A single heavy rain can push enough E. coli into the Chain of Lakes to close several Minneapolis beaches at once, a pattern that drove a record 15 closures in 2024.

Just west of downtown, Lowry Hill flows into Kenwood, sharing architecture, parks and a certain unhurried grandeur.

The Minneapolis Pops Orchestra plays weekend evenings from late June through late July.

When the Minneapolis chain earned C's on a water-quality report card, scientists called it a quiet triumph.

One of the lake's most important water-quality tools is invisible, sinks to the bottom, and works by chemistry.

At a neighborhood meeting, Park Board staff laid out aquatic-plant harvesting and water-quality plans for the lake.

The little arched crossings between the bays are more than postcard scenery; they stitch the neighborhood's daily life together.

Coordinated spring cleanups span the Chain of Lakes shoreline.

From spring cleanups to a fall art fair, the neighborhood's calendar fills out.
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