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Community in Ashland County

Clam Lake

County
Ashland County

Clam Lake is a tiny unincorporated community and Census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Gordon, Ashland County, in far northern Wisconsin, sitting on Wisconsin Highway 77 near County Highway GG entirely inside the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. Its 2020 CDP population was about 36. The community has no municipal government of its own; it is governed by the Town of Gordon (chair Douglas B. Thorp, clerk Vickie Stencil) with the town seat at Glidden, and children are served by the Chequamegon School District. Clam Lake is best known as the Elk Capital of Wisconsin, the 1995 elk-reintroduction release site, and as a four-season base camp for national-forest recreation: Day Lake campground, snowmobile and ATV trails, hunting, and fishing, anchored by the annual Clam Lake Elk Fest each September.

The record

10 records name Clam Lake

  • 8 news
  • 1 obituaries
  • 1 notices

What the records show

40 of 44 independently verified

Authoritative data

Overview

Population and demographics

  • 2020: 36 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • 2010: 37 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Government and civic

Schools

Economy and employers

  • Industry: recreation and tourism; small local businesses secondary source via travelashlandcounty.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Employer junction: Clam Lake Junction (60967 Highway 77) secondary source via travelashlandcounty.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Employer dining: Ransoms Place (60998 WI-77); Elk Horn Lodge (60938 WI-77) secondary source via travelashlandcounty.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Tourism: tourism-dominant (Elk Capital of Wisconsin) secondary source via travelashlandcounty.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Institutions and anchors

  • Post office: U.S. Post Office, ZIP 54517 via ashlandcountywi.gov
  • Elf site: U.S. Navy ELF transmitter (decommissioned 2004) secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Hospital: Hayward / Ashland area hospitals (~30 to 45 mi) unverified via travelashlandcounty.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Business and commerce

  • Chamber: Ashland County tourism / Travel Wisconsin (no standalone chamber confirmed) secondary source via travelashlandcounty.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Downtown: WI-77 / County GG crossroads (Clam Lake Junction, Ransoms Place, Elk Horn Lodge) secondary source via travelashlandcounty.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Media

  • Ashland daily press: Ashland Daily Press (Ashland) via apg-wi.com
  • Community: Clam Lake Link; WXPR (regional) secondary source via travelashlandcounty.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Recreation and natural assets

  • Forest: Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (~860,000 acres) secondary source via travelashlandcounty.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Elk: elk reintroduction (25 elk, May 17, 1995) via dnr.wisconsin.gov
  • Elk herd: ~355 secondary source via wxpr.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Lakes: Upper/Lower Clam Lake, Day Lake, Lost Land/Teal, Moose Lake, Chippewa Flowage secondary source via clamlakewi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Day lake: Day Lake campground (~52 sites, 1 mi north on County GG) secondary source via travelashlandcounty.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Trails: Snowmobile trails 8, 9A, Corridor 25; Dead Horse ATV Trail (~56 mi) secondary source via clamlakewi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Events and seasonal rhythm

  • Elk fest: Clam Lake Elk Fest (September) secondary source via travelashlandcounty.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Seasonal: four-season recreation rhythm secondary source via travelashlandcounty.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Infrastructure and access

  • Highways: WIS 77, County GG inferred via en.wikipedia.org Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
  • Broadband: Norvado fiber (up to 1 Gbps) via norvado.com
  • Airport: JFK Memorial (ASX) general aviation; Rhinelander (RHI) nearest commercial secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Hub: Hayward and Ashland (~30 to 45 mi) unverified via clamlakewi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

In memory, from Clam Lake

All obituaries

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