{{Short description|Lake in Oneida County, Wisconsin}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Squirrel Lake | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = <!-- Images --> | image = | alt = | caption = | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = <!-- Stats --> | location = Vilas County and Oneida County, Wisconsin | group = | coordinates = {{coord|45.8687299|-89.8947645|region:US-WI_type:waterbody|display =inline,title}} | type = reservoir | etymology = | part_of = | inflow = | rivers = | outflow = | oceans = | catchment = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | basin_countries = United States | agency = | designation = | date-built = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | engineer = | date-flooded = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | length = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | width = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | area = {{convert|1,309|acre}} | depth = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | max-depth = {{convert|46|ft}} | volume = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | residence_time = | salinity = | shore = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | elevation = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | temperature_high = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | temperature_low = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | frozen = | islands = | islands_category = | sections = | trenches = | benches = | cities = <!-- Map --> | pushpin_map = Wisconsin#USA | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = Location of Squirrel Lake in Wisconsin, USA. | pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Below --> | website = | reference = }} '''Squirrel Lake''' is a {{convert|1,309|acre}} lake in Vilas County and Oneida County, Wisconsin. It has a maximum depth of 46 feet.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Squirrel Lake|url=https://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/lakepages/LakeDetail.aspx?wbic=1536300|access-date=2021-10-21|website=dnr.wi.gov}}</ref> Several species of fish inhabit the lake and fishing is accessible via a public boat launch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/lakepages/LakeDetail.aspx?wbic=1536300|title=Squirrel Lake|website=dnr.wi.gov}}</ref> Writer Winifred Dunn spent time during her youth on an island at Squirrel Lake.<ref name=":2">Motion Picture News, Inc. ''Motion Picture News Booking Guide and Studio Directory (Oct 1927)''. N.p.: New York, Motion Picture News, 1927. Print.</ref> Minocqua, Wisconsin and the community of Bo-Di-Lac border the lake. The max depth is {{convert|46|ft}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1580522}}</ref>
A 1918 edition of ''Field and Stream'' discussed camping by Squirrel Lake as part of a canoe trips.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b91JAAAAYAAJ&q=squirrel+lake&pg=PA490|title=Forest and Stream|date=November 3, 1918|publisher=Forest and Stream Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> Water levels in the lake have been managed by Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company (WVIC). The lake has been noted for its water quality and waterfowl.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UHNqAAAAMAAJ&q=squirrel+lake&pg=PA341|title=Upper Wisconsin River Northern Sub-basin Water Quality Management Plan|first=Wisconsin Department of Natural|last=Resources|date=November 3, 1991|publisher=The Department|via=Google Books}}</ref>
In 1900, Squirrel Lake was included in a surveyor's report.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WwzAQAAMAAJ&q=squirrel+lake|title = Sessional Papers ... Of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario|last1 = Legislative Assembly|first1 = Ontario|year = 1901}}</ref>
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Category:Lakes of Vilas County, Wisconsin Category:Lakes of Oneida County, Wisconsin