🌊 Lac Courte Oreilles

United States · Americas · 45.88°N, 91.42°W

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Lac Courte Oreilles is a large freshwater lake in northwest Wisconsin in Sawyer County in townships 39 and 40 north, ranges 8 and 9 west. It is irregular in shape, with many peninsulas and bays, and is about six miles long in a southwest to northeast direction, with a maximum width of about two miles (3 km). Lac Courte Oreilles is 5,039 acres (20.39 km2) in size, with a maximum depth of 90 feet (27 m) and a shoreline of 25.4 miles (40.9 km). It has a small inlet stream, Grindstone Creek, that enters on its northeast shore and flows from Grindstone Lake, a short distance to the north. An outlet on the southeast shore leads to Little Lac Courte Oreilles, then via the Couderay River to the Chippewa River, and ultimately to the Mississippi River at Lake Pepin.

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Quick facts

CountryUnited States
Continent / regionAmericas
Surface elevationunknown
Coordinates (approx.)45.88°N, 91.42°W · view on map

Lac Courte Oreilles in United States, in Americas. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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