Lake Winnebago

Lake Winnebago is a broad, shallow freshwater lake in the Fox River system. Reefs and islands lie along its western shore, while its eastern shore drops more steeply into the water. The Fox and Wolf rivers feed the lake, and the Fox continues northeast toward Green Bay. In 1634 French visitors encountered the Ho-Chunk, whose country extended from the bay to the lake. Their neighbours used the name Winnebago for them, a name also given to these waters.