Green Lake (Wisconsin)

Infobox_lake
lake_name = Green Lake
image_lake = GreenLakeWI.jpg
caption_lake =
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry =
location = Green Lake County, Wisconsin
coords = coord|43.82|N|88.96|W|region:US-WI_type:waterbody|display=inline,title
type = Natural, pre-glacial valley
inflow = Silver Creek
outflow = Puchyan Creek
catchment = convert|100|sqmi|km2|abbr=on
basin_countries = United States
length = convert|7.5|mi|km|abbr=on
width = convert|3.0|mi|km|abbr=on
area = convert|7325|acre|km2|0|abbr=on
depth = convert|101|ft|m|abbr=on
max-depth = convert|237|ft|m|abbr=on (deepest in Wisconsin and entire Midwest)
volume = convert|4300000000|USgal|km3|abbr=on|lk=on (largest volume in Wisconsin)
residence_time = 21 years
shore = convert|29.3|mi|km|abbr=on
elevation = convert|796|ft|m|abbr=on
islands = 1, manmade at Green Lake Conference Center
cities = Green Lake

Green Lake, also known as Big Green Lake is a lake in Green Lake County, Wisconsin.

The lake has a maximum depth of convert|237|ft|m|0, making it the deepest natural inland lake in Wisconsin. [ [http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/fhp/lakes/lakemap/lkmaps_g.htm Wisconsin DNR Lake Maps Directory] from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Accessed August 22, 2006] The lake covers convert|7346|acre|km2|0, has convert|29.3|mi|km|1 of shoreline and has an average depth of convert|100|ft|m|-1. [ [http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/bb/05bb/691-694.pdf "Wisconsin's Largest Water Areas"] . "Wisconsin Blue Book", 2005. p. 691.]

Green Lake is the oldest resort community west of Niagara Falls. Many large, wooden hotels and one short lived casino populated the north shore during the late 1800s, but most have burnt down. There are three fine golf courses in Green Lake - Tuscumbia, Wisconsin's oldest golf course, Mascoutin and the renowned golf courses of Lawsonia.

Big Green Lake is known for its fishing. Fish found in Big Green Lake include northern pike, largemouth bass, muskellunge, crappie, walleye, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, white bass, perch, rock bass and cisco and lake trout. The Wisconsin inland lake record lake trout was caught on Big Green Lake by Joseph Gotz on June 1, 1957 and weighed convert|35|lb|4|oz|kg|abbr=on The Wisconsin record cisco was caught on Big Green on June 12, 1969 by Joe Miller and weighed convert|4|lb|10.5|oz|kg|abbr=on

The sources of Green Lake's water, in approximate percentages, are: direct precipitation, 51%; surface water, 41%; ground water, 8%. It is spring-fed & empties into the Fox River through the Pukyan River. The lake's indian name is Day Cho Lah.

References

External links

* [http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/fhp/lakes/lakemap/0146100z.htm Maps of Big Green Lake] from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources