Deephaven is a small city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located on Lake Minnetonka. The community’s middle is the historic Cottagewood General Store, which has been serving the Lake Minnetonka area since 1895. It is located 14 miles (23 km) west-southwest of downtown Minneapolis. The population was 3,642 as of the 2010 Census, down from 3,853 as of the 2000 census.

Deephaven was established in 1876 by Saint Louis attorney Charles Gibson. Gibson built a summer home in an area known as “Northome” and began promoting the area as a trip destination for Southerners. In 1879 he advocated for the construction of the 150-room Hotel Saint Louis, the area’s first grand hotel. The community was united to the Minneapolis and Saint Louis Railway to help both the hotel and local cottagers.

The Minnetonka Yacht Club was founded in Deephaven in 1882 and incorporated in 1889. One of the club’s co-founders, Hazen Burton, built a house named “Chimo” in Deephaven in 1890. A train depot was built near the property appropriately that the Burtons could commute to their department buildup in Minneapolis. The name “Deephaven” can be traced assist to the broadcast of this depot.

In 1893 Burton commissioned local boat builder Arthur Dyer to develop a new kind of sailboat called a racing scow. When the Onawa debuted in 1893, it was disqualified for winning nearly all regatta it entered. The rules were eventually modified, however, and racing scows became popular within the sailing community worldwide. The Onawa is currently displayed at the Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society Museum in manageable Excelsior.