Passing of Oscar Mattle on July 25, 2022 at Lake Owen

  With deep sorrow and regret, we report that Oscar Mattle who was born on February 4, 1931, died on July 25, 2022 at his home on Kraft Point, Lake Owen, Wisconsin.  Oscar was born in Basel, Switzerland.  He apprenticed as a machine tool  specialist. Oscar spent much of his life on Lake Owen. When…

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Lake Owen Water Temperatures Subject to Scientific Study

The deepest part of Lake Owen is now the site of a new scientific study.  Steve Schieffer, Lake Owen Lead Scientist, a Certified Watershed Manager with Ecological Integrity Service, LLC, just set up a scientific measuring device called a “thermistor string” to study Lake Owen water temperatures at different depths.  Steve placed a large orange…

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New Lake Owen Groundwater Study Results

New Lake Owen Groundwater Study Results Available According to Lake Owen Association Lake Scientist, Steve Schieffer, groundwater provides at least 80% of the water to Lake Owen. That makes having an understanding of the area that contributes groundwater to the lake critically important. The Lake Owen Association engaged hydrogeologist, Jake Macholl, to update an existing…

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Should the Dam Stay or Should the Dam Go?

Every couple years or so, Lake Owen residents will take paddle boards and canoes from the Lake Owen Dam downstream on the Long Lake Branch to the Drummond Mill Pond.  The 2020 photo below Lake Owen residents on the headwaters just above the Mill Pond.  For those who are not aware, the Wisconsin Department of…

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Annual Bar Stool Race Feb. 19, 2022

The annual Drummond Township Bar Stool  Races will be run on February 19, 2022 with races starting at noon on the “Miller Hill”  behind the Black Bear Inn.  Check in for racers, chili, burgers, brats and refreshments start at 11:00 a.m. These zany and always funny races are a fundraiser for the Snow Jacks attract…

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PBS Filming at Lake Owen

So how did Travels with Darley end up filming at Lake Owen on June 28, 2021?  PBS Travel Wisconsin is hosting with Travels with Darley, a national broadcast PBS show, a particular episode in partnership with the National Forest Service to be centered around the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest with a focus on hiking the North Country Trail. The leadership of the…

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