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The Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame is an American hall of fame in Hayward, Wisconsin, dedicated to promoting freshwater fishing. Approximately 100,000 visitors tour the museum each year. [1] The 143-foot-long (44 m) muskie sculpture is the world's largest muskie sculpture. [2]
Their North Wisconsin Lumber Company dammed the river at the site of the current Hayward dam and built a sawmill, shingle mill, and planing mill to the north, called by 1883 "the Big Mill." [14] That same year the village of Hayward was platted [15] and Sawyer County was established, formed from parts of early versions of Chippewa and Ashland ...
Kyle Parker of Hayward set the fastest known time paddling a solo canoe down the entire Wisconsin River in five days, 19 hours, 57 minutes.
The Namekagon Portage (sometimes referred to as the "Namekagon Court Oreilles Portage") was a well known canoe portage connecting the St. Croix River watershed to the Chippewa River watershed and was located about five miles south of the present day city of Hayward in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.
Called the Great Pinery Heritage Waterway, it stretches 108 miles on the Wisconsin River from the Hat Rapids Dam in Oneida County to the Lake DuBay Dam in Portage County. The waterway also ...
The bodies of two men were discovered in a Wisconsin river hours after a fishing boat was found empty, cops say. The St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office said someone reported seeing a fishing boat ...
The Wisconsin River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.At approximately 430 miles (692 km) long, it is the state's longest river. The river's name was first recorded in 1673 by Jacques Marquette as "Meskousing" from his Indian guides - most likely Miami for "river running through a red place."
Lake Hayward is in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, [1] United States. It is fed by the Namekagon River and is part of the Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway. [2] Namakagon Queen, Hayward, Wisconsin, June 1961. The Lumberjack Bowl is a large bay on Lake Hayward that is used for the Lumberjack World Championship. [3] [4]