Golf in Devils Lake

Devils Lake is the Ramsey County seat on the shores of North Dakota's largest natural lake, a community whose identity has been transformed by the lake's dramatic water level rise since the 1990s. The lake's flooding of farmland and the infrastructure challenges it has created (including the operation of an emergency outlet to the Sheyenne River) have made Devils Lake nationally recognized as a case study in hydrological change on the northern plains. The lake's exceptional fishery draws anglers from across the upper Midwest, sustaining a tourism economy alongside the agricultural base. North Dakota's outdoor recreational culture (hunting, fishing, and golf) creates a year-round sports calendar where each season's activity is valued for its own pleasures by a population accustomed to the rhythms of the northern Great Plains.