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Community in Vilas County

Lac du Flambeau

Population
1,845
County
Vilas County

Lac du Flambeau is an unincorporated community and U.S. Census Bureau census-designated place (CDP) inside the Town of Lac du Flambeau in Vilas County, Wisconsin, serving as the population and cultural core of the Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation. The CDP had a 2020 census population of 1,845 (smaller than the surrounding town of 3,552) with a much younger median age and lower median income, reflecting its concentration of the reservation's residential and civic center. As a CDP it has no government of its own: the community is the seat of both the Town of Lac du Flambeau and the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribal government, whose enterprises (led by Lake of the Torches Resort Casino) form the largest employer in Vilas County. Ojibwe cultural heritage, a dense cluster of lakes, and summer tourism define its economy and seasonal rhythm.

The record

497 records name Lac du Flambeau

  • 486 news
  • 9 obituaries
  • 1 events
  • 1 opinion

Showing the 40 most recent of 497. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

40 of 43 independently verified

Authoritative data

Overview

Population and demographics

Government and civic

Schools

Economy and employers

Institutions and anchors

  • Library: 622 Peace Pipe Road secondary source via lacduflambeauchamber.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Museum: George W. Brown, Jr. Ojibwe Museum and Cultural Center via ldftribe.com
  • Zip: 54538 secondary source via ldftribe.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Hospital: none in community; nearest in Minocqua/Woodruff unverified via lacduflambeauchamber.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Business and commerce

Media

Recreation and natural assets

Events and seasonal rhythm

  • Powwow: Bear River Traditional Pow Wow (July) secondary source via ldftribe.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Indian bowl: Indian Bowl summer dances secondary source via ldftribe.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Infrastructure and access

  • Hwy: WIS 47 (primary); WIS 70 / US 51 nearby secondary source via lacduflambeauchamber.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Airport: Lakeland Airport (ARV), Woodruff; ~16 miles unverified via lacduflambeauchamber.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Hub: Minocqua/Woodruff ~15-20 mi unverified via lacduflambeauchamber.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Every figure here traces to a primary public record, linked at the fact. We gather and cite; we do not author. See something off? Tell us.

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