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Lake Winnebago is one of the more heavily fished lakes in the state. [4] Many fishermen consider it one of the nation's top walleye fisheries. Other species present include bluegill , largemouth bass , muskellunge , northern pike , perch , burbot , white bass , crappie , freshwater drum , channel catfish , flathead catfish , and smallmouth bass .
High Cliff State Park is a 1,187-acre (480 ha) Wisconsin state park near Sherwood, Wisconsin.It is the only state-owned recreation area located on Lake Winnebago. [2] The park got its name from cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment, a land formation east of the shore of Lake Winnebago that stretches north through northeast Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, and Ontario to Niagara Falls and New York State.
There are over 15,000 lakes in Wisconsin. Of these, about 40 percent have been named. 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
Map of Wisconsin highlighting the BOW counties in red Population centers of the BOW counties: from top, Green Bay, Appleton, and Oshkosh bordering Lake Winnebago. The BOW counties (/ b aʊ /) [1] are three counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin: Brown, Outagamie, and Winnebago. [2]
2-story French Renaissance-styled house overlooking Lake Winnebago, designed by Childs & Smith and built in 1918 for George Gaylord of the Menasha Carton Company and Menasha Paper Company. Later bought by William Wing of the Fox River Paper Company. [154] 91: Winnebago County Courthouse: Winnebago County Courthouse: June 23, 1982 : 415 Jackson St.
The lower Fox River flows from the natural impoundment of Lake Winnebago to Lake Michigan. [1] It extends about 39 river miles (63 km) from Menasha at the head of Lake Winnebago to Lake Michigan, falling 169 feet (52 m) from about elevation 746 feet (227 m), msl at Winnebago to 577 feet (176 m), msl at Green Bay.
Winnebago County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 171,730. Its county seat is Oshkosh. [2] It was named for the historic Winnebago people, a federally recognized Native American tribe now known as the Ho-Chunk Nation. Chief Oshkosh was a Menominee leader in the area.
Major highway routes in the area include: Interstate 41/U.S. Route 41, which connects the Fox Cities with Green Bay and Milwaukee; Wisconsin Highway 441, known locally as the Tri-County Expressway, which is an auxiliary highway of Interstate 41 that serves as a beltway around Appleton; and U.S. Route 10 which travels east–west, connecting the ...