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Highway State 70
View from highway Driving east.
Highway State 70
Roadside turnout with historic information sign Paved turnout, no services. Pierre Esprit Radisoon & Medard Groseilliers, brother in laws, during the winter of 1659 - 1650 camped with Ottawa Indians 2 miles upstream from this point on Lac Court Oreilles ( meaning 'Lake of the short ears' in French). Early Fench Explorers called the Ottawa Indians 'Court Oreilles'.
Radisson & Groseilliers were the first white men to discover and explore North Western Wisconsin.
When the French Governor General of Canada confiscated their rich cargo of furs because he claimed they did not have the proper credentails to trade with the Indians,
Radisson & Groseilliers left the service of the French Government. They went to England & were instrumental in the formation of the Hudson Bay Company in Canada.
Highway Interstate 90
Exit 45A I-90 to Chicago, Ill joins I-94 from St. Paul,MN The Wisconsin Dells are 43 miles Southeast.
Highway State 70
View from highway Driving east.
Highway State 70
Community of Fifield, Wisconsin Junction of highway #13. North to Park Falls, WI, Butternut, WI, Glidden, WI. North to Copper Falls, WI, State Park Campground. Canyons, streams and waterfalls to delight photographers, hikers and cross-country skiers; just north of Mellen in Ashland County. Swimming beach, miles of trails. Family campgrounds, plus walk-in and backpack campsites available South to communities of Phillips, Ogema
Highway State 70
View from highway Driving east.
Highway Interstate 90
Exit 45B I-94 to St.Paul,MN 164 miles Northwest.
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