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There are over 15,000 lakes in Wisconsin. Of these, about 40 percent have been named. Of these, about 40 percent have been named. Excluding Lake Michigan and Lake Superior , Lake Winnebago is the largest lake by area, largest by volume and the lake with the longest shoreline.
The name Lac Courte Oreilles is shared by the nearby Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation. In the Ojibwe language, the lake is called Odaawaa-zaaga'iganiing, meaning 'Ottawa Lake,' [3] after another of the Anishinaabe peoples. It was referred to as such (or as "Ottowaw Lake") in early English-language descriptions of the area. [4] [5]
Mazo Beach is the colloquial name for Mazomanie Bottoms State Natural Area, [1] located in Sauk County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.Property along the river was acquired in parcels by the State of Wisconsin since the 1950s to provide a full range of nature based activities including hiking, wildlife viewing, hunting, fishing, and wildlife habitat.
In 1634, the French encountered the Ho-Chunk on the shores of Green Bay, inhabiting the area stretching to Lake Winnebago. Although "Ho-Chunk" is the people's own name for themselves, their Algonquian neighbors called them "Winnebago", which means "[people of the] stinking water." This term was used by the Algonquians because Lake Winnebago had ...
There are 428 named lakes in Oneida County, Wisconsin, along with 701 with no names. Together they make up 68,447 acres of surface area. Willow Flowage, at 6,306 acres, is the largest. Oneida County is the county with the second largest number of lakes in Wisconsin, after neighboring Vilas County. [1] Named lakes are listed below.
In 1902, the Red Oak Resort was built on Alma Lake by George Jackson. The resort was then purchased by Walter and Wilka deHaas in the 1920s. [3] By the 1960s, Alma Lake was home to three resorts; The Twilight Resort, which was located at the southern end of the lake, Lindquist's Log Cabins, which was located on the northwestern bay, and deHaas Red Oaks, which was located on the east side of ...
A creel full of 61 new fishing regulations will greet anglers for the 2024-25 Wisconsin license year.. Chief among them is a daily bag limit of three walleye on inland waters. Wisconsin ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Wisconsin. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).