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Welcome to Chief Lake ...
Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County.
A typical abbreviation for Chief Lake: Chief Lk.
Chief Lake is 1,330 feet [405 m] above sea level.<1>.
Time Zone: Chief Lake lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Telephone area codes for Chief Lake: (715) and (534)<2>
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Communities near Chief Lake ...
The following is a sample of nearby communities. Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Chief Lake and not the distance if you are going to drive it.<3>.
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for Chief Lake. |
Communities Also Named Chief Lake ...
Using our Gazetteer, we have found that there are 2 communities that are also named Chief Lake - they are located in British Columbia and Michigan.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Chief Lake.
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See Our Genealogy Helper Page ...
We have a couple of sections that should be of interest to those chasing their genealogy.
- We have a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Chief Lake. We make it easy to see an overhead view of the cemetery.
- Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Chief Lake. Our list includes information such as whether the community had a post office or railroad service in 1895.
- We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Chief Lake.
These sections can be found on our Genealogy Helper Page for Chief Lake:
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Search for Local Businesses ...People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Chief Lake. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.
Business Owners: To appear in the above search results, your business will need to be listed with the Google Places service. Please use the below link to learn about and register for the free service.
If you find an error or if your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to register your business or report an error. We simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results. Only a registered owner/operator can add their business or correct mistakes - we can not do it for you.
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chief Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | Area code (534) is an overlay for area code (715). For more about area code overlays, please see our Glossary for Chief Lake. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance starting from Chief Lake. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chief Lake) to Point B.
If you need the driving distance, we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for Chief Lake. Since we usually use Google Maps for our own planning, we've provided the following link: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from Chief Lake
Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chief Lake. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9266, Longitude: -91.3329 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Chief Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).- Return to Citation |
| <4> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Chief Lake. - Return to Citation |
| <5> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
For additional information, please visit our Glossary for Chief Lake.
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