Tomahawk Lake (Wisconsin) Explained

Tomahawk Lake
Coords:	45.8269°N -89.6526°W
Pushpin Map:	Wisconsin#USA
Basin Countries:	United States
Area:	3392acres
Max-Depth:	84feet
Volume:	111956acre.ft
Shore:	30.2miles
Elevation:	1585feet
Cities:	Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin

Tomahawk Lake is a lake in Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. The lake covers an area of and has a maximum depth of .^[1] The community of Lake Tomahawk is located on the eastern edge of the lake.^[2] Tomahawk Lake was so named from the fact its outline resembles a tomahawk.^[3]

Tomahawk Lake is the source of the Tomahawk River. Historically Tomahawk Lake was part of travel route for traders and Indians who portaged to and from the Wisconsin River at the east end of the lake.^[4]

Notes and References

1. . Lake Survey Map: Tomahawk Lake . PDF . 1970 . October 14, 2011 .
2. Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Oneida County. 2011. October 14, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110614051009/http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/oneida.pdf. June 14, 2011.
3. Book: Chicago and North Western Railway Company. A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. 1908. 131.
4. Book: Owen, David Dale . David Dale Owen

   . David Dale Owen . Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report of a geological reconnoissance of the Chippewa Land District of Wisconsin, and the northern part of Iowa . September 13, 2014 . 1848 . 92 .