Devils Lake

3 photos · 2015–2026

3 photographs tagged Devils Lake, 2015–2026.

Related: Lake Devils Lake State Park State Park Wisconsin Wisconsin State Park North Dakota
Submerged wooden pilings and debris from Woodland Resort remain in Devils Lake, North Dakota at dusk.
Devils Lake has risen more than 25 feet since the early 1990s, flooding thousands of acres of farmland, roads, and shoreline development across Ramsey and Benson counties. The Woodland Resort, once a lakeside destination with cabins and a public beach, was among the properties lost to the rising water. What remains are rows of dead trees and wooden pilings standing in water that now covers the former resort grounds. Devils Lake is a closed-basin lake with no natural outlet, meaning its water level depends entirely on precipitation and runoff rather than drainage to a river system, which has made its flooding especially difficult to predict or control.

Submerged Pilings of the Woodland Resort, Devils Lake

Railroad tracks at Devil's Lake State Park in Wisconsin
The railroad tracks around Devil's Lake at Devil's Lake State Park. The Chateau pictured on the north shore of the lake was built in 1925.

Tracks Along the Shoreline at Devil’s Lake State Park

Devil's Lake at Devil's Lake State Park
Devil's Lake at Devil's Lake State Park as a thunderstorm rolls in. The pictured Chateau on the North Shore of the lake was built in 1925.

Storm Clouds Over the Chateau at Devil’s Lake State Park

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