Lake Chippewa

Lake Chippewa, also known as Chippewa Flowage, is an artificial lake created by the Winter dam in northwestern Wisconsin. The largest muskie caught in Wisconsin came from the Chippewa Flowage, at 63.5 inches (1.61 m) and 69 pounds (31 kg). The Chippewa Flowage is fed by the East and West forks of the Chippewa River and drained where the river exits through the Winter Dam. The flowage is the third-largest lake in Wisconsin, with 233 miles of irregular shoreline dotted with islands - mostly undeveloped and forested. Most of the shoreline is owned by the Wisconsin DNR, the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and the US Forest Service, with private properties interspersed. It is managed under the Chippewa Flowage Joint Agency plan developed by those stakeholders, with the overall goal, "to perpetuate the undeveloped shoreline character of the Chippewa Flowage and to manage for compatible resource opportunities." Shallow in places, the flowage contains numerous stumps, submerged logs, rock bars, and floating bogs, providing ample fish habitat and ample boating hazards. The largest bog is known as the "Forty-Acre Bog".

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