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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.
The Mondeaux Dam Recreation Area is part of the Chequamegon National Forest. Mondo Dam, as it is referred to by the locals, has four different camping sites including Eastwood, Spearhead Point, and West Point. The Ice Age National Scenic Trail is a hiking trail that runs through the recreation area. The park also offers activities such as ...
The sprawling Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest offers something for everybody, from wilderness experiences to Friday fish fries.
Map of national forests and national grasslands of the United States. The United States has 154 protected areas known as national forests, covering 188,336,179 acres (762,169 km 2; 294,275 sq mi). [1] National forests are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [2]
This "federal area" became today's Chequamegon National Forest. [8] This was during the Great Depression , and that same year a CCC Camp was placed just south of Perkinstown. Young men lived in tents and barracks and worked partly to improve the surrounding forest, gravelling roads, building bridges, stocking lakes with fish, planting trees ...
Namakagon Queen, Hayward, Wisconsin, June 1961. The spellings "Namekagon" and "Namakagon" are both used. "Namekagon," with the fourth letter being an "e," is the more common spelling, especially concerning the Namekagon River that flows out of Lake Namakagon.
Chequamegon Bay lies largely inside the barrier of Chequamegon Point and Long Island, with the Bad River Indian Reservation to the east. Ashland, Wisconsin is on its south, Washburn, Wisconsin is on its north. The 850,000 acres (3,440 km 2) Chequamegon National Forest lies largely south and west.
State-owned trails include the Tuscobia Trail (51 miles), which runs from the Flambeau River to the western county line and the Dead Horse Connector (38 miles) in the eastern Flambeau Forest. The trail system also connects to 140 miles of trail within the Chequamegon National Forest. Hayward allows ATVs on some city roads. [33] [35]