Dam Site on Chippewa River. Wisconsin, at Brunctt's Falls 



boats and other craft, and yield ti the 

 .Mi-si-sippi River the benefit of the 

 regulated waterllow of this river. The 

 land- withdrawn from sale hitherto, 

 have been sold with re-crvcd right- of 

 il"\vage. The estimated cost of the 

 works contemplated for and upon the 

 ('hippewa and branches, submitted by 

 the Government engimvr is $325.000. 



The Chippewa River unites with the 

 .Mississippi at the foot of Lake Pepin. 

 after a course of 267 mile-, one of it- 

 Mm roes extending to within twenty 

 miles of Lake Superior, the total fall 

 of the river being 900 feet. The drain 

 age of the river commands an area of 

 9,573 square miles, occupied by count- 

 le-s spring.-, and nn ire than 100 lal. 

 large and -mall, many of which may In- 

 utilized for re-crv. irs. 



This vast area of 6,000,000 aci 

 much of which wa- "lire forests, em- 

 braces in mo-t part- a- tine agricultural 

 lands a- can be found anywh< 

 adapted to cereals, vegetables, fruits, 

 and grasses. For dairying and stock 



raiding they are not excelled. With 

 tin pre-ent population "f 200,000. set- 

 tlement i- rapidly going forward. 



1 he \alne of the water-power- npo'i 

 the ('hippewa River and tributaries can- 

 not k- measured. T. . undertake the 

 enumeration and description of these 

 varied water po\\ r r- u.mld \\eary the 

 reader or listener. h i- worthy of note, 

 however, that the east branch, the Flam- 

 beau, supplies a lar-'T and more uni- 

 lorm tlo\\ nf \\-ati-r than the main Chip- 

 pewa. it- drainage aria bein- J.I2O 

 -<)nare mile.-, and average di-charge 

 aliout 4,OOO cub: COfld. 



the nunu-roiis \- up. -n this 



branch the m--t available undevei"ped 

 power is locate. 1 near I'.ig l ; alU, four 

 mile- north of the Sou Railwa\. a lil'ty- 

 fo"t fall being "btainable It may be 

 truth fully stated that the territ"ry em- 

 braced in the drainagr of the I 'hippcwa 

 Kiver ma\ be made to -iMain a popu- 

 lation ..f m. ' i inhabitant-. Similar 

 condition- exi-t ujiou the St. i.'roi.x and 

 \\ i-o 'ii-in river-. 



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