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WHITE BEAR LAKE REAL ESTATE

 

 

 

White Bear Lake is located in Ramsey and Washington counties.The population was 24,325 at the 2000 census. White Bear Lake lies primarily in Ramsey County.

 

White Bear Lake is also a lake in Minnesota, one of the largest lakes in the Minneapolis St. Paul metropolitan area. It is named White Bear Lake because of its association to an Ojibwe legend regarding the appearance of a white bear.

 

Some say that White Bear Lake was the object of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald's Winter Dreams, as he describes life in Black Bear Lake, Minnesota. What is not in doubt is that White Bear Lake became a sort of de facto gangster haven during the Prohibition era. Those gangsters in Chicago who felt the need to get out of town until "things cooled off" would frequent White Bear Lake, a fact that is not lost on today's Chamber of Commerce who tout this as a reason to visit.

 

White Bear Lake High School and Mariner High School merged in 1984 to form White Bear Lake Area High School. The two buildings have a combined total of around 3,000 students. North Campus (White Bear Lake High School) holds classes for freshman and sophomores while South Campus (the former Mariner High School) holds classes for juniors and seniors.

 

In 1952, the Lakeshore Players Community Theater was organized. Currently, Lakeshore Players resides in a former church building constructed in 1889, at 4820 Stewart Avenue.

The White Bear Center for the Arts was officially organized on May 16, 1968 and currently resides in the old armory building at 2228 Fourth Street.