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The Turtle-Flambeau Flowage was created in 1926 when the Chippewa and Flambeau Improvement Company built a dam on the Flambeau River downstream from its confluence with the Turtle River. The dam flooded 16 natural lakes and formed an impoundment of approximately 14,000 acres (57 km 2 ).
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.
The other remaining tributaries of the Flambeau River are fairly small, but many support trout populations. [3] The Flambeau River rises in two major forks—the North Fork and the South Fork. Swamp Creek is located in the watershed of the North Fork, which is near the Turtle-Flambeau Flowage in Iron County. Swamp Creek is one of four other ...
The Turtle River is a river in Vilas County and Iron County in the state of Wisconsin in the United States. Its source is South Turtle Lake near Winchester. It flows into the Turtle-Flambeau Flowage.Little Turtle River Flowage is a 30 acre lake located in Iron County. It has a maximum depth of 4 feet.
Flambeau River State Forest is a 90,147 acre (364 km 2) unit of the Wisconsin state park system. The North and South Forks of the Flambeau River join within the park, providing over 75 miles (121 km) of mostly undeveloped river.
The Rock River slowly eroded the moraine, and the lake drained. As the levels of silt , clay and peat accumulated in the former lake's basin, the Horicon Marsh was formed. The Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area is one of nine units of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve system, being considered to contain unique, representative evidence of ...
A massive snapping turtle lounging on a bed of rusty chains in the Chicago River has won hearts on the internet after a viral video circulated Twitter.
Brule Glacial Spillway is located in east-central Douglas County, within the Brule River State Forest, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Solon Springs.The natural area consists of three separate parcels along an 8-mile (13 km) stretch of the upper Bois Brule River.