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The lake is a popular recreation destination in northwestern Wisconsin, in the summer for boating, canoeing, fishing, water skiing, and swimming, and in the winter for ice fishing. On the northeastern shore lies Lake Wissota State Park, popular with campers, hikers, swimmers, and anglers. In popular culture, Lake Wissota is mentioned in the ...
A plaque detailing the history of the Wissota Hydroelectric Dam. It has been estimated that the Chippewa River Valley once contained one-sixth of the United States' white pine stands. The entire valley was extensively logged for this target species from the mid-to-late 19th century. Once the harvest-able timber was gone, farmers began settling ...
Upper Green Lake Dam, Upper Green Lake, City of Green Lake; White Rapids Dam, Rosebush Lake on the Menominee River, Wisconsin Electric Power Co. (between Wisconsin and Michigan) Winter Dam, Lake Chippewa (Wisconsin) on the Chippewa River, Xcel Energy; Winter Lake Dam (by Winter), 45.79591, -90.98879 (not the same as previous line) Wissota Dam ...
Lake Wissota is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Lafayette in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 2,830 at the 2020 census. The population was 2,830 at the 2020 census.
Logging had begun on the upper Yellow by 1861, when a log-driving dam existed at Hughey. Many such log-driving dams were built to help flush logs out. [5] By 1880 a "winter road" followed the river all the way up the river to Westboro. [6] This would be a "tote road" used by logging operations to supply their crews working upstream.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Round Lake Logging Dam; S. Saint Croix Falls Dam; Swamp Creek (Wisconsin) T. Tainter Lake; W. Wissota ...
The Jim Falls Hydroelectric Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Chippewa River by Jim Falls, Wisconsin.It is owned and operated by Xcel Energy.The dam forms Old Abe Lake. It is one of the six hydroelectric dams on the Chippewa River, the others are in Holcombe, Cornell, Wissota, Chippewa Falls, and Eau Claire.
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 237 feet (72 meters). The largest man-made lake is Petenwell Lake. Many lakes have the same names ...