Queen of the Lakes – Addie Lundin

2024-25 Miss Litchfield Addie Lundin has one more month in her reign as Queen of the Lakes – representing the Minneapolis Aquatennial. She has had a very busy year balancing her duties as Queen of the Lakes, attending North Dakota State University and working.

Lundin says there are over 300 appearances for the Aquatennial ambassadors to attend but she is able to split up some of them with the Aquatennial princesses. She says she attended Octoberfest in LaCrosse, WI last September, the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena, CA on New Year’s Day, the Queen of the Snows pageant in Aberdeen, SD in January, followed by the St. Paul Winter Carnival and then another festival in Winnipeg, Canada in addition to all of the festivals and parades in communities around Minnesota this past year.

Lundin says she will be attending events in Litchfield for the 70th annual Watercade celebration, concluding with the coronation on July 12th in which she will invite 2025-26 Miss Litchfield Brooke Caron to attend the Minneapolis Aquatennial July 18th through the 26th. She says you can find out about the Aquatennial events at mplsaquatennial.com including the torchlight parade on July 22nd and the Queen of the Lakes coronation on July 25th.

Lundin, daughter of Erin & Daryl Lundin, says she’s working weekends this summer at Jomas Hill Vineyard & Winery – south of Darwin, which was her Watercade sponsor, and is working mornings at Simply Good Coffee Co. in Litchfield; and she will be returning to NDSU this fall for her junior year to continue her nursing degree. She says being crowned Queen of the Lakes was a blessing which has changed her life and given her a passion for children, and she is considering a career as a pediatric intensive care travel nurse.