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Lake Pepin from Wisconsin side. Lake Pepin (/ ˈ p ɛ p ɪ n / PEP-in) [1] is a naturally occurring lake on the Mississippi River on the border between the U.S. states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It is located in a valley carved by the outflow of an enormous glacial lake at the end of the last Ice Age. The lake formed when the Mississippi, a ...
Fort Beauharnois (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ boaʁnwa]) was a French fort, serving as a fur trading post and Catholic mission, built on the shores of Lake Pepin, a wide section of the upper Mississippi River, in 1727. The location chosen was on lowlands and the fort was rebuilt in 1730 on higher ground.
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The park is notable both for its history and for its birdwatching opportunities. The centerpiece of the park is a 430-foot-high (130 m), 3-mile-long (4.8 km) steep limestone bluff overlooking Lake Pepin, a natural widening of the Mississippi. The bluff is variously called Garrard's Bluff or Point No-Point, the latter name coming from riverboat ...
The Reads Landing Overlook stands 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Reads Landing, Minnesota, and 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Lake City. It is situated on a stretch of Route 61 that runs due east/west along the south shore of Lake Pepin, a natural widening of the Mississippi River. Views from the overlook encompass the lake and its surrounding ...
Fort Saint Antoine was a French fort on Lake Pepin in present-day Wisconsin founded in 1686 by explorer and fur trader Nicholas Perrot and his expedition of Canadiens.They had come to the region to begin trading with Native American tribes of the area.
Nearly four years after Jacques Pépin’s wife died, the esteemed chef is still finding his way through being a widower.. The French chef chatted with Rachael Ray on the third episode of her new ...
The Chippewa River from the west bank of the river looking south toward the Lake Street bridge in downtown Eau Claire (taken in 2007) The Chippewa River as it passes through Pepin County, near Ella, WI. The Chippewa River in Wisconsin flows approximately 183 miles (294 km) through west-central and northwestern Wisconsin.