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Presque Isle
Northeast of Manitowish Waters and technically outside the state forest, Presque Isle was
dubbed“AlmostanIsland”byFrenchexplorers.Themazelikestreamsandlakechainsgave
the land a resemblance to an island within a flowage. It calls itself Wisconsin's “Last Wil-
derness.”
On an isolated promontory with more than 4,000 feet of shoreline, the Bay View Lodge
(Bayview Rd., 715/686-2448, www.bayviewlodge.biz , $90 daily low season, $830-1,200
weekly) offers year-round one-, two-, and three-bedroom cottages.
The family-oriented Lynx Lake Lodge (Hwy. B, 715/686-2249 or 800/882-5969,
www.zastrowslynxlakelodge.com ) hasweeklyrentalsfromaround$800foratwo-bedroom
cottage. The dining room at the Lynx has brunches and smorgasbords worth the money.
More famous for its copious German food, the Carlin Club Lodge (715/686-2255 or
800/562-5900, dinner Mon.-Sat., $8-17) is a year-round lodge and boisterous dining room.
You may even find a polka band around.
The Presque Isle Chamber of Commerce (715/686-2910, www.presqueisle.com ) is
right along Main Street.
Boulder Junction
One word: muskie. That's pretty much the obsession around Boulder Junction, locked in
mortal, if benign, competition with Hayward in northwestern Wisconsin. The town touts
itself as the “Muskie Capital of the World,” as does its rival, and with nearly 200 lakes sur-
rounding the town, you'll get the chance to meet your Pleistocene match somewhere.
Suddenly here you're in a zone of chichi coffee shops (no more silty campfire cowboy
coffee), boutiques, cafés, and even—gasp—a bookstore. And yet it's as North Woods as it
gets.Thisrefreshingmiximpelled Sports Afield todubBoulderJunctiononeof“America's
Greatest Outdoor Sports Towns.”
Something totally different: for some reason, the area's whitetail deer herd has a recess-
ive gene causing albinism, so don't be surprised if you espy one of the local “ghost herd.”
Boulder Junction, in an admirable display of civic ambition, maintains its own Boulder
Area Trail System for mountain bikes and hikers, and more are being created all the time.
The trails start right at the visitors center, including a new 13.5-mile paved route to Crys-
tal Lake. Near Boulder Junction is the largest wilderness area donated to The Nature Con-
servancy in the country. At 2,189 acres with 15 wild lakes, the Catherine Wolter Wilder-
ness Area is open to low-impact recreation.
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