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It is fed by the East Fork Chippewa River and the West Fork Chippewa River. Winter Dam at the southern end is where the Chippewa River flows out of the lake. [3] There are numerous floating peat bogs in the lake, the largest of which is known as the "Forty-Acre Bog". [4] [5]
The following is a list of named islands of the state of Wisconsin. According to the USGS, there are 431 named islands, [1] and many more unnamed ones among Wisconsin's 15,074 lakes. [2] Wisconsin borders both Lake Michigan and Lake Superior producing many of the state's islands.
Somewhat smaller than Lake Michigan, Lake Chippewa extended through most of the Michigan Basin, north to the Straits of Mackinac, where there was a narrow channel which conveyed the lake's outflow over the now submerged Mackinac Falls to Lake Stanley. Its shoreline ranged from 10–30 miles (16–48 km) out from the present day Lake Michigan shore.
Brunet Island State Park / ˈ b r uː n eɪ / is a state park of Wisconsin, USA, featuring a 169-acre (68 ha) island in the Chippewa River. The remainder of the park's 1,225 acres (496 ha) are on the east bank of the river. It is noted for its numerous white-tailed deer and large eastern hemlock trees.
Two western Wisconsin rivers will get $500,000 in Inflation Reduction Act funding to make their floodplains more resilient to climate change — and protect an endangered rattlesnake species that ...
The Chippewa River in Wisconsin flows approximately 183 miles (294 km) through west-central and northwestern Wisconsin. It was once navigable for approximately 50 miles (80 km) of its length, from the Mississippi River , by Durand , northeast to Eau Claire .
Madeline Heim is a Report for America corps reporter who writes about environmental issues in the Mississippi River watershed and across Wisconsin. Contact her at 920-996-7266 or mheim@gannett.com .
Madeline Island is an island in Lake Superior. Located in Ashland County , Wisconsin , it has long been a spiritual center of the Lake Superior Chippewa . Although the largest of the Apostle Islands , it is not included in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore .