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Wisconsin, a state in the Midwestern United States, has a vast and diverse geography famous for its landforms created by glaciers during the Wisconsin glaciation 17,000 years ago. The state can be generally divided into five geographic regions—Lake Superior Lowland, Northern Highland, Central Plain, Eastern Ridges & Lowlands, and Western Upland.
The regions of Wisconsin, as described by the Wisconsin DNR. The Wisconsin DNR uses the following regions [3]. Northern (NO) Counties: Ashland, Barron, Bayfield ...
Wisconsin (/ w ɪ ˈ s k ɒ n s ɪ n / ⓘ wih-SKON-sin) [11] is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north.
The Northern Highland is a geographical region in the north central United States covering much of the northern territory of the state of Wisconsin. The region stretches from the state border with Minnesota in the west to the Michigan border in the east, and from Douglas and Bayfield Counties in the north to Wood and Portage Counties in the south.
A northern Wisconsin town official is listing a planned solar panel installation as among the reasons why she and some other local officials are opposing a proposed Native youth addiction recovery ...
Wisconsin's northernmost point is on Devils Island, part of the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior. It has a population of 302 as of the 2010 census. It can be reached by ferry and airplanes at Major Gilbert Field Airport. The Islands are part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and are featured in Wisconsin's America the Beautiful quarter. [7]
The film focuses on the Bad River Ojibwe Tribe’s fight for treaty rights and sovereignty in Wisconsin for nearly the last 200 years. 'Bad River,' about northern Wisconsin tribe, up for 3 Critics ...
The Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest (/ ʃ ɪ ˈ w ɑː m ɪ ɡ ən ˌ n ɪ k ə ˈ l eɪ /; the q is silent) [3] is a 1,530,647-acre (6,194.31 km 2) U.S. National Forest in northern Wisconsin in the United States. Due to logging in the early part of the 20th century, very little old growth forest remains.