X-Nico

6 unusual facts about Eau Claire


Eau Claire, Calgary

North of Eau Claire is Prince's Island Park, a large urban park on an island in the Bow River and the site of many summer festivals, including the Calgary Folk Music Festival, Carifest, Shakespeare in the Park and various busking happenings.

The name Eau Claire derives from one of Calgary's original industries - a sawmill transplanted from Eau Claire, Wisconsin and staffed by mostly Norwegian mill workers.

Jonathan Carver

This triangular tract in northwestern Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota would have been bounded by lines running from modern Minneapolis southeast to Pepin, then due east to near Stevens Point, and from there northwest roughly through Eau Claire to Minneapolis.

Kim Severson

Kim Marie Severson (born September 12, 1961 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin) is a writer for The New York Times.

Patrick Thomas O'Brien

O'Brien was born in Wisconsin and graduated from Regis High School in Eau Claire.

Phoenix Peak

of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, which started in 1906-07 to design and build steam "locomotive sleds" for hauling logs over ice and snow, probably the earliest successful vehicles of their type.


Carl Tellefsen

The association was formally organized during a meeting attended by officers from the Ishpeming, Minneapolis, Red Wing, Minnesota, Stillwater, Minnesota and Eau Claire, Wisconsin ski clubs.

Duane F. Bruley

Bruley received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University, ORSORT degree in Nuclear Engineering from Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology, a B.S. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Rock Creek, Wisconsin

Located near Eau Claire the town has seen a great deal of recent suburban development in the corridor between the Chippewa River and Wis. 85.

The Post-Crescent

Post Publishing owned the newspaper from 1920 until it was purchased by Gillett Communications on August 1, 1984, and was also a former owner of WLUK (Channel 11) in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Marquette, Michigan's WLUC (Channel 6), WEAU (Channel 13) in Eau Claire, and Rochester, New York's WOKR (Channel 13).

Wisconsin Reporter

The publication also provides local coverage in the cities of Beloit, Chippewa, La Crosse, Kenosha, Eau Claire, Wausau and Stevens Point.

WLAX

The station maintains an advertising sales office on WIS 93 in Eau Claire along the U.S. 53 and Business U.S. 53/Hastings Way interchange.


see also

126th Field Artillery Regiment

:Former 1st Cavalry reconstituted in the Wisconsin National Guard and partially organized between October 1919 and March 1921 with Troops A, and B at Milwaukee; Troop E at Kenosha, Troop G at Watertown, Troop H at Fort Atkinson; and Troop L at Eau Claire.

Altoona, Wisconsin

Altoona is a part of the Eau Claire media market; until early 2009, it was served by its own free weekly newspaper, the Altoona Star. Altoona is also home to the studios and offices of Maverick Media stations WAYY, WEAQ, WECL, WIAL, WAXX, and WDRK-FM.

Clearwater Lake

Clearwater Lakes, the English name of the Lac à l'Eau Claire, a pair of impact craters in northern Québec

Cleghorn, Wisconsin

The now-extinct community of Hadleyville lies approximately three miles to the west, along Eau Claire County Highway "HH".

Eau Claire High School

Eau Claire High School is the name of several high schools in the United States.

Eielsen Synod

In 1985, there were approximately 50 members at just three churches: Stall Norwegian Church in Jackson, Minnesota Bethania Lutheran (Lodi / Eau Claire WI) and Immanuel in French Lake, Minnesota.

Gregory Moore

Gregg Moore, member of the Eau Claire County Board of Supervisors and the current chairperson

Henry Cleveland Putnam

Noted for his philanthropies, he donated Putnam Park to the city of Eau Claire, and gave a large sum of money to construct the Eau Claire YMCA.

Jake Dowell

The Dowells have teamed with many Eau Claire businesses, Clear Channel Radio and WEAU-TV to host fundraisers to battle the disease.

Kristen Dexter

She has volunteered with the Girl Scouts, Meals on Wheels, the Eau Claire Municipal Band, and served on the Regional Steering Committee for Health Literacy Wisconsin.

Passenger rail projects in Minnesota

The Gateway Corridor runs 90 miles from downtown Saint Paul to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, along or parallel to Interstate 94 (I-94).

Theodore Steinmetz

Mr. Steinmetz was also conductor of the Eau Claire Municipal Band, the 105th Cavalry Band and was the longest serving musician in the Wisconsin National Guard.

WBIZ

WBIZ-FM, a radio station (100.7 FM) licensed to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States

WHYS

WHYS-LP, a low-power radio station (96.3 FM) licensed to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States

William C. Wantland

After retiring from the Diocese of Eau Claire in 1999, Wantland helped to form the Anglican Church in North America.

Wisconsin Highway 124

It previously extended into Eau Claire County, but the Eau Claire County section was renumbered Highway 312 as part of the U.S. 53 bypass project in 2006.

WQOW

Owned by Quincy Newspapers, WQOW has facilities on Old Town Hall Road in Eau Claire (with a WIS 93 postal address) south of I-94.