Wisconsin/Fox River Canal - (Portage, Wisconsin)
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Proposed nearly 200 years ago to replace the portage between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. It would link the Great Lakes Basin with the Great Mississippi Basin. Much as the Erie Canal in New York linked the East Coast with the Great Lakes.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 43°32'57"N 89°26'56"W
- Buffalo Lake 27 km
- Lake Puckaway 30 km
- Beaver Dam Lake 39 km
- Greenlake 45 km
- Lake Mendota 45 km
- Castle Rock Flowage 73 km
- Lake Poygan 83 km
- Petenwell Lake 90 km
- Lake Winnebago 104 km
- Shawano Lake 159 km
- Swan Lake 6.9 km
- Columbia Energy Center 8.4 km
- Pine Island State Wildlife Area 9 km
- Becker Waterfowl Production Area 11 km
- Pardeeville, Wisconsin 12 km
- Devil's Head Resort 20 km
- Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area 21 km
- Lake Wisconsin 22 km
- Lake Wisconsin, Wisconsin 24 km
- Baraboo Hills 27 km