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Rice Lake, WI







Rice
Lake, Wisconsin Ice Fishing
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"Get Away To It All!"
Many, many millions of
years ago, the glaciers began to retreat back to the north, exposing
once again what we now know as the state of Wisconsin. Those
sheets of ice may have shaved away most of the rich topsoil from the
state, but they also sculpted some of the prettiest areas the country
has known. One of those areas is Barron County, unique because of
its majestic stands of conifer and rare hardwood forests, spruce and
tamarack bogs, rolling farmland, free-flowing rivers, and jack pine
barrens not to mention the 360-plus lakes and almost 18,000 acres of
water! The woods are full of berries and wildflowers and animals both
large and small and the waters are full of game fish.
Located in the eastern
portion of the county in the Red Cedar River valley is the City of Rice
Lake, the largest community in Barron County. British explorers
first claimed this area; French explorers set up an early trading post
at Rice Lake dealing with the Sioux Indians. In 1864, Knapp, Stout and
Company a famed Menomonie logging firm constructed a storage dam on
the site of an earlier Indian village and a wild rice bed, and Rice
Lake, Wisconsin was born.
I liked the city
from the first time that I saw it more than 50 years ago traveling
north for our annual summer vacation. Today, Rice Lake is not much
different, although State Route 53 passes alongside the town instead of
through it. But the area still offers just about all that a vacationer
could ask: great fishing, unlimited outdoor recreation in all seasons
and plenty of events and festivals. It is also a center for the arts and
cultural events, offers excellent restaurants, great lodging, unique
shops, and even a four star golf course! It is an easy place to get to
and a hard place to forget.
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