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Lake Pepin ( / ˈpɛpɪn / 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 successor to the glacial river, was ...
Pepin (/ ˈ p ɛ p ɪ n / PEP-in) [4] is a village in Pepin County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 731 at the 2020 census . The village is surrounded within the borders of the Town of Pepin .
In 1874, when Wilder was seven years old, the family left their home near Pepin for the second time, and settled just outside Walnut Grove, Minnesota.Walnut Grove may be the most recognized name of all the towns Wilder wrote about in her books (although it is the only town she did not mention by name) because Michael Landon's television series Little House on the Prairie of the 1970s and 1980s ...
Pepin County, Wisconsin. / 44.6°N 92°W / 44.6; -92. Pepin County ( / ˈpɛpɪn / PEP-in) [2] is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,318, [1] making it the fourth-least populous county in Wisconsin; it is also the smallest county in Wisconsin by area. Its county seat is Durand.
Frontenac State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, on the Mississippi River 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Red Wing. 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 ...
Pepin (/ ˈ p ɛ p ɪ n / PEP-in) [4] is a town in Pepin County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 741 at the 2020 census . The unincorporated communities of Barry Corner , Devils Corner , Hawkins Corner , and Lakeport are located in the town.
The Mississippi River[b]is the primary riverand second-longest riverof the largest drainage basin in the United States. [c][15][16]From its traditional source of Lake Itascain northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,340 miles (3,766 km)[16]to the Mississippi River Deltain the Gulf of Mexico.
44.4091°N 92.0841°W. / 44.4091; -92.0841. Length. 183 mi (295 km) 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 ...