The character's name has been bestowed upon things, especially in the
Great Lakes region of the
United States. A ship bearing the name Minnehaha wrecked off the western shore of
Lake Michigan in 1893, only 38 years after Longfellow's poem was published. A Minnehaha Bay adjoins the small town of Sturgeon Falls in Ontario,
Canada.
Minneapolis claims
Minnehaha Falls,
Minnehaha Park,
Minnehaha Creek,
Minnehaha Academy, and a boat bearing her name once operated by
Twin City Rapid Transit on
Lake Minnetonka, which has now been restored and is currently operated by
Museum of Lake Minnetonka. Minnehaha Avenue and
Hiawatha Avenue run parallel to each other from downtown Minneapolis, while another Minnehaha Avenue runs through
Saint Paul. In
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, the enchanting Minnehaha Falls and the adjacent Hiawatha Highlands beautifully commemorate her and her lover, creating a poetic tribute in close proximity. Farther west,
Minnehaha, Washington stands near
Vancouver. Her name is also linked to
Minnehaha County in South Dakota and Minnehaha Covenant Church and
Minnehaha Park in
Spokane, Washington. Lake Minnehaha is located in the center of Holliday Park in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Arizona's
Bradshaw Mountains contain a Minnehaha Flat. Toward the
Atlantic coast, a Minnehaha Island stands in the
Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland (). A creek known as Minnehaha Branch empties into the Potomac at Glen Echo, Maryland. The town of
Minnehaha Springs stands in
Pocahontas County,
West Virginia. Farther south, Minnehaha Falls in Lakemont, Georgia near Lake Rabun features a 100-foot cascading waterfall. Florida is home to two lakes named Minnehaha: one in the
Clermont Chain of lakes in
Clermont, Florida, one of the
Outstanding Florida Waterbodies; the other in
Maitland, Florida, linked to the
Winter Park lake chain. Minne Ha Ha is also the name of a fully functional steamboat operated on
Lake George in New York by the Lake George Steamboat Company. Additionally, the name is the basis for the hamlet,
Minnehaha, New York in the
Adirondacks. Minnehaha's name has proven inspirational beyond the North American continent: Minnehaha Rock was a
phantom island between
Easter Island and
Sala y Gómez Island in
Chile. Two avenues in suburbs of
Auckland,
New Zealand, in
Titirangi and
Takapuna, are named for the figure. Minnehaha Falls may be found in
Katoomba,
Australia. South African
sailor Kirsten Neuschäfer won the
2022 Golden Globe Race using a sailboat named the Minnehaha. == In popular culture ==