# Squirrel Lake

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{{Short description|Lake in Oneida County, Wisconsin}}
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| location           = [Vilas County](/source/Vilas_County%2C_Wisconsin) and [Oneida County, Wisconsin](/source/Oneida_County%2C_Wisconsin)
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'''Squirrel Lake''' is a {{convert|1,309|acre}} lake in [Vilas County](/source/Vilas_County) and [Oneida County, Wisconsin](/source/Oneida_County%2C_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](/source/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](/source/Minocqua%2C_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](/source/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](/source/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

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