Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin

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Lake Winnebago

The second largest inland freshwater lake in the U.S. 28 miles long, 11 miles wide, 215 square miles of surface and spreads out over 137,000 acres in three Wisconsin counties: Calumet, Fond du Lac, and Winnebago to cover 85 miles of shoreline. It holds 696 billion gallons of water and it's deepest part is 21 feet.

It's begins with it's geological formation from limestone to a means of travel for the Native Americans, later early French explorers and fur traders, then the new settlers who built sawmills and used the water power for new industries. Recreation: ice fishing, sailing, windsurfing, fishing, and power boating.

Dams and canals were built in the 1850s, changing flow and flooding thousands of acres of low-lying land, eventually changing the lake's contour. Before the dams were built the area covered miles of wetlands. The dams transformed the marshes into the large open water lake system it is today. Damming increased the turbidity of the water as well as the levels. The new lakes created lowered the amount of aquatic specimans.

It's shores and water are still home to an abundance of fish and birds. Fisherman can fish for a variety of good eating Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge (Muskie), Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye and even the rare Lake Sturgeon.

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