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NASA satellite photo of Lake Taupō Wharf and small jetty where the Waikato River departs the lake, 1928 Māori rock carvings at Mine Bay are over 10 metres high and accessible only by boat or kayak. Tourism is a major component of Taupō's commercial sector. The busiest time for the industry is the high summer season around Christmas and New Year.
The Wisconsin River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.At approximately 430 miles (692 km) long, it is the state's longest river. The river's name was first recorded in 1673 by Jacques Marquette as "Meskousing" from his Indian guides - most likely Miami for "river running through a red place."
Wisconsin has more than 15,000 lakes, 43,000 miles of rivers and 800 miles of Great Lake shorelines. Water trails help paddlers get to the best. Love paddling a canoe or kayak?
The Flambeau River is a tributary of the Chippewa River in northern Wisconsin, United States. The Chippewa is in turn a tributary of the upper Mississippi River . The Flambeau drains an area of 1,860 square miles (4,800 km 2 ) [ 1 ] and descends from an elevation of approximately 1,570 feet (480 m) to 1,060 feet (320 m) above sea level.
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 deepest lake is Wazee Lake, at 350 feet (107 meters). The deepest natural lake is Green Lake, at 237 feet (72 meters). The largest man-made lake is Petenwell Lake. Many lakes have the same names ...
The sun rises during an early morning kayak paddle on Lake Wausau. Lake Wausau and the stretches of the Wisconsin River to the north and south have been designated as the Great Pinery Heritage ...
About 3,000 years ago, indigenous people of the Ho Chunk Nation in the Lake Mendota region carved a dugout canoe, the Wisconsin Historical Society said in a news release on Thursday, Sept. 22. A ...
Many of the Wisconsin's islands in Lake Michigan are around the Door Peninsula. [3] Islands in Green Bay include those in and around the Green Bay Breakwater. Washington Island is Wisconsin's largest in Lake Michigan and also has a year-round population of 708 as of the 2010 census.