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1. Aerial view of Rest Lake by the dam. ca 1930 - Image shows the Northern Lights Hotel, the Win-Mar, the old Chippewa Lumber and Boom logging camp buildings and the Tower Tea Room.

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2. Brief mention in the newspaper's Manitowish column of A.M. Riley logging crews occupying the camp at the dam this winter to work for Brooks & Ross lumber company 1905 - A.M. Riley also constructed the Riley Hoist on the north side of Rest Lake in 1906.

   11/3/1905

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3. Chippewa Lumber and Boom camp on Vance Lake. 1909 - Chippewa Lumber and Boom Camp located below the Rest Lake Dam on Vance (Dam) Lake. Shows detail of Dingle, out building, electric wires, wagon, horse and white pine stumpage.

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4. Chippewa Lumber and Boom logging camp ca 1940s - Located on the down river side of the Rest Lake dam, this logging camp was built by the Mississippi River Logging Co. in about 1888. It was sold to Chippewa Lumber and Boom some time before 1892. Both companies were owned by logging/lumber baron Frederic Weyerhauser. These pictures were taken long after the logging camp was abandoned and after the Win-Mar used the buildings as rental cottages. Estimating 1940s

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5. Harry Case on the Rest Lake dam. October 1920 - The abandoned Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company camp is in the background.

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6. Old logging camp on Vance Lake below the dam. ca 1890s-1920s - This camp was first owned by the Mississippi River Logging Company and later by the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Co., both of which were controlled by Frederic Weyerhaeusar. After river logging ended around 1906, this property sat vacant. In the 1920's it became part of the Win-Mar resort, shop and restaurant.

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7. Postcard of Rest Lake dam with old logging camp in the background. Postmarked 1945 Image ca 1920 - The vegetation growing on the downstream wood structures indicates that river drive logging had been done for some time.

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8. Rest Lake dam ca 1892-1905 - Chippewa Lumber and Boom logging camp in the background. This dam structure was built in 1892. River driving logging was done by ca 1906. Source: Boulder Junction, WI Library

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9. Rest Lake Dam: From the Beginning by Jim Bokern 1878-2023 - History of the dam detailing construction, purpose and ownership.

   2024

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10. Rest Lake Dam looking downstream with Chippewa Lumber and Boom Co logging camp shown. 1892-1906 - This is the second wood dam at this site, constructed in 1892. By 1906 Phase 1 river drive logging had ended in our area. Chippewa Lumber and Boom owned the dam, and let it fall into disrepair, until 1912 when the Chippewa Flambeau Improvement Co ( a corporation of local power companies) took ownership. The Win-Mar eventually used the logging camp buildings as rental cottages.

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11. View from top of Rest Lake Dam looking downstream. Chippewa Lumber and Boom logging camp in the background. ca early 1900s

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12. Win-Mar Resort and restaurant. ca 1930s - This property is located below the dam originally occupied by a logging camp.Later the Pea Patch was built here.

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