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Lodge 266, Jersey City, New Jersey Lodge 168, Brooklyn, New York Pittsburgh Moose Convention, Toledo, Ohio The Moose Fraternity (formerly The Loyal Order of Moose) [4] is a fraternal and service organization founded in 1888 and headquartered in Mooseheart, Illinois.
One company, Original Wisconsin Ducks, has more than 90 vehicles and is the largest operator of duck tours in the United States. Mayor Brian Landers stated, "Many of our own residents take duck rides. I've taken duck rides myself". [43] [44] Since the late 1970s, the Dells area (Wisconsin Dells and Lake Delton) has become a water park mecca.
The park consisted of 760 square miles (2,000 km 2) in northern Wisconsin (most of present-day Vilas County). [2] The state owned 50,631 acres (205 km 2), which was less than 10% of the total area. [2] There were few residents in the area. Lumber barons were powerful in the area, and they purchased 2/3 of the state's land at $8 per acre. [2]
Mirror Lake State Park is a 2,179-acre (882 ha) Wisconsin state park in the Wisconsin Dells region. The process of establishing the park began in 1962 and the park officially opened on August 19, 1966. [1]
The original inhabitants of the area around the lake date back much further than when the European settlers first discovered the land. There is proof that humans occupied the land between 12,000 and 16,000 years ago, but Ho-Chunk historians speak of people living there longer than 300,000 years ago. [7]
Area in acres (km 2) [1] Date established Body of water Remarks; Black River State Forest: Jackson: 67,070 acres (271.4 km 2) 1957: Black River: Brule River State Forest: Douglas: 40,882 acres (165.4 km 2) 1907: Bois Brule River, Lake Superior: Site of Cedar Island Lodge, or "the Summer White House," where American presidents have vacationed.
Lake Delton is a village located on the Wisconsin River in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,501 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] Lake Delton, along with the nearby Wisconsin Dells , is a resort area and a center for tourism in the upper Midwest.
200-acre teaching and learning center about the environment, operated by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources [5] Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area: New Auburn: Chippewa: Mississippi/Chippewa Rivers: 3,063 acres, exhibits about the area's geology, natural and cultural history