TODAY 
 
 
                                        Lake Gordon 
 
 
      Probably the largest project in the north, completed under W.P.A.,
started under W.E.R.A., and a project with the 
most far reaching benefits in Douglas County, the damming of the St. Croix
River 6% miles west of this village. The 
dam is completed and of reinforced concrete construction, 12 feet high, 106
feet long, and creates a flowage of approx- 
imately 10 miles long, averaging % mile in width, creating 175,000 feet of
new shore line. Contained in this area, are 
17 beautiful wooded islands, all owned by the people. One of the first of
several proposed units of water control, in 
Douglas County's water sheds, that is completed. It is assumed that with
the storage of this water, it will raise the 
levels in approximately 30 lakes just south and within six miles of Gordon,
Wis. 
      A survey shows now, that the water at the dam in "Lake Gordon"
is at its height, and' within a few months, the 
whole area will be a level piece of water. "Lake Gordon" covers
approximately 3300 acres, and with its completion, there 
will be better summer resort facilities, increased recreational possibilities,
and a preservation of fish life, and bird and 
water fowl foods. It is fed from two sources: the St. Croix River which runs
out of St. Croix Lake at Solon Springs, and 
the Eau Claire River, which flows out of Eau Claire Lakes, and empties into
the St. Croix River above the dam. 
      Through various Federal Projects, this, a new Dam, has thus been constructed,
creating the largest body of water 
in Douglas County. The fishing for small mouthed Black Bass, Wall Eyed Pike,
Crappies, Perch, Blue Gills, and other 
Pan Fish is a well known and popular sport, and needs no comment from anyone.

      For years this flowage has been a favorite nesting place for many species
of wild ducks, shore birds, pheasants, 
and smaller tree nesting varieties, and anyone interested in the out-of-doors
will be thrilled by the close contact with 
fur and feathered wild life around its bayous. It is not a solid body of
water, but is made up of many miles of wild, 
meandering shoreline, and is filled with islands and peninsulas. A real vacationist
can spend many days on this new 
lake, and not entirely explore all its regions and recesses, there being
no end to the islands, channels and thorough- 
fares. As one fishes this lake, he naturally feels that every time he casts
in a new location, he is fishing at some 
point where the lake must end, but only to find further on, a new channel,
which leads him to other bayous. 
      The shore line on the flowage is a natural jagged shoreline. On the
north is the famous Douglas County Bird 
Sanctuary, consisting of 20,000 acres. The shoreline around this "Lake
Gordon" forms an excellent breeding and propa- 
gation grounds for fish of all varieties, as well as water fowl. 
      Through the Conservation Committee of the Douglas County Board, consisting
of J, A. Raffaelle, Chairman, George 
Cosgrove, and George Nelson, a new park is being formed at the dam, on the
south end, consisting of 40 acres with shel- 
ter houses, fireplaces, benches and tables, which will be an ideal recreational
out-door place for all the people. 
 
 
 
                             County Board of SuONriN 
                                         DOUGLAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN 
 
 
              C ounty C lerk  ..... ............................................

              D ep u ty .......... ..... . . .......................... ..........

              C hairm an   .............................................................

              V ice-C hairm an  ...... .............. ................................

 
              COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS 
Art Olson ............................................................ Amnicon

John Theien .... ...................................... ................
.  ........  Bennett 
M ilford  Ulven  ........................................ ..... ... .  Brule

Martin Carlson ....................................  Cloverland 
C harles M aley  ................. ............................ . . . . 
 D a irylan d 
J. A .  R a ffa e lle   ...-.-------- ._.-.---------------- ... .............
............  G o rd o n 
Albin Anderson -----    . .. .. .  .   ............. Haw thorne 
L. A .  Sutfin  .........................................................
. ...  H ighland 
John W . Lake ...................................................... .  Lakeside

John N. Pellm an ...........................................................
. M aple 
Harry Lundeen  ....................................................... .
Oakland 
P. J. Fitzgerald  .........................................................
. Parklcnd 
Paul Law in ............................................................
Solon  Springs 
G eo. C . N elson  ..................................................................
 Sum m it 
Sig Salveson ....................................................................
Superior 
I. Ingebretsen ....................................................................
W ascott 
 
 
.............................. .............A. R. Cole 
. ------------------------------- - S . P . G ra y 
--- _ --------------------------. ----------.------ _ - _ ----- .....P .
 J .  F it z g e r a ld 
.................................. .............. ........ Ja m e s  L a
v e lle 
 
                           VILLAGES 
     Hjalmer E. Danielson  .............. Lake Nebagamon 
     Frank Sajec, Jr .  ....-.-..-.------.---..... .................O liver

     N. H. La Pole ......................................................
...  Poplar 
     George Cosgrove - --       .......... ------------.Solon Springs 
                       CITY OF SUPERIOR 
     Richard Webb ....................................... First Ward 
     George M. Paulus ..................       ............. Second Ward

     Werner J. Salin ............... .  ....    Third Ward 
     Take S. Golberg ....... ... .... .......... Fourth Ward 
     T. W. Tracy .............     ...... ....... Fifth Ward 
     James S. Mace ----------------.....-------.-......................Sixth
Ward 
     James D. Lavelle ............................................ Seventh
Ward 
     Arthur E. Rieckhoff ....................... ......  Eighth Ward 
     Peter Waseen ...........................................................
Ninth Ward 
     George A. Wassum        ......................  .-----------.......
Tenth Ward 
 
 
                                          CONSERVATION COMMITTEE 
                            I. A. Raffaelle, Chairman, George Nelson, George
Cosgrove. 
 
      This souvenir program dedicated to William Gordon, for whose father,
"Antoine Gordon," the Village of Gordon 
and Lake Gordon were named. 
  Syllabus 
      By CLARE L. WILDNER, 
      Executive Secretary, 
      Superior Association of Commerce. 
                                                                        
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