Chippewa River (Wisconsin): Difference between revisions

 

==History==

 

Of the pine forests in Wisconsin in the 1800s, the Chippewa River system held more than even the [[Wisconsin River]]. It is estimated that the Chippewa system drained 34% of Wisconsin's pineries, as compared to 21% for the Wisconsin, 14% for the St. Croix, and 7% for the Black. Before logging, the Chippewa Valley probably held about 46,000,000,000 board feet of lumber.<ref name=Vogel>{{cite journal|last=Vogel|first=John N.|title=The Round Lake Logging Dam: A Survivor of Wisconsin's Log-driving Days|journal=Wisconsin Magazine of History|date=Spring 1983|volume=66|issue=3|pages=170–191|url=http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/wmh&CISOPTR=32773&CISOSHOW=32692|accessdate=2011-09-21}}</ref> [[Frederick Weyerhaeuser]] described it as "a logger's paradise, a very large part of its area being heavily forested with the finest quality of white pine timber, while rivers, streams, and lakes offered an excellent network of transportation facilities."<ref>{{cite book|last=Hidy|first=Ralph W.|title=Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story|year=1963|publisher=MacMillan|location=New York|pages=43|coauthors=Frank E. Hall, [[Allan Nevins]]}}</ref>