Upper, Middle, and Lower Eau Claire Lakes

January 11, 2011 – Fish Sticks to improve fish and wildlife in northern Wisconsin lakes. Local property owners, conservation groups, and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are partnering to replace trees that would have historically fallen in the water along lakeshores including the Upper Lake St Croix in Douglas County and Upper Eau Claire Lake in Bayfield County. Read more… http://dnr.wi.gov/news/BreakingNews_Lookup.asp?id=1961

The Eau Claire chain includes Lower, Middle, and Upper Eau Claire, plus a few smaller lakes of 80-200 acres that are accessible by smaller boats at most water levels.  These include Bony, Pickerel, Robinson, Birch, Schunenberg, Smith, and Sweet.  From Lower Eau Claire, the Eau Claire River flows westward, passing just south of Eau Claire Acres.  Farther downstream, it joins the St Croix at Gordon.

Lower, Middle, Upper Eau Claire Lakes

The lakes in the Eau Claire chain tend to be deeper and clearer than most lakes in the area.  (Eau Claire, as you may have guessed, is French for “Clear Water.”)  In them, you’ll find muskies, walleye, northern pike, largemouth and smallmouth bass, crappies, bluegills, and perch.  Here are some vital statistics for the three largest lakes:

• Lower Eau Claire: 802 acres, 7.78 miles of shoreline, maximum depth 41’, 56% greater than 20’ deep, and 4% less than 3’ deep.
• Middle Eau Claire: 902 acres, 11 miles of shoreline, maximum depth 66’, 40% greater than 20’ deep, and 12% less than 3’ deep.
• Upper Eau Claire: 992 acres, 9.93 miles of shoreline, maximum depth 92’, 50% greater than 20’ deep, and 4% less than 3’ deep.

On these lakes, you’ll find cabins and lake homes in a wide range of prices.  But because these lakes are seen as especially desirable, many of those properties will be in the higher price ranges.