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Cranberry Highway Map
Near Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
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Stora-Enso
Paper Mill
Wisconsin Rapids,
Wisconsin
The Wisconsin
River valley has a rich history of paper making. In fact, most of
Wisconsin has been involved with paper in one form or another.
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Cranberry Bog History
Near Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
A little history on Cranberries in this part of Wisconsin.
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Cranberry
Bog Historical Marker
Near Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin
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Cranberry
Bogs
Near Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin
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Cranberry
Bogs
Near Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin
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Cranberry
Bogs
Near Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin
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Cranberry
Bogs
Near Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin
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Cranberry
Bogs
Near Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin
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Cranberry
Bogs
Near Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin
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Cranberry
Bogs
Near Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin
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Cranberry
Bogs
Near Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin
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Cranberry Bogs
Near Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
When the berries are ready for harvest, the bogs are flooded
and the berries float.
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Cranberry
Bogs
Near Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin
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Cranberry Bogs
Near Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
The berries are collected up with floating booms and removed
from the flooded bog.
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Cranberry
Bogs
Near Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin
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Fall Colors
Abound
Near Babcock,
Wisconsin
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Fall Colors
Abound
Near Babcock,
Wisconsin
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Ocean Spray
Cranberries
Babcock, Wisconsin
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Ocean Spray
Cranberries
Babcock, Wisconsin
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Ocean Spray
Cranberries
Babcock, Wisconsin
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Lunch At The Country Cafe
Babcock, Wisconsin
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Lunch At The Country Cafe
Babcock, Wisconsin
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Lunch At The Country Cafe
Babcock, Wisconsin
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Tonight's Dessert
Babcock, Wisconsin
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Time To Hit
The Road
Babcock, Wisconsin
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Fall Colors
Abound
Near Babcock,
Wisconsin
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Fall Colors
Abound
Near Babcock,
Wisconsin
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Fall Colors
Abound
Near Babcock,
Wisconsin
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Cranberry
Bog Flood Control
Near Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin
Water management
is essential to the growing of cranberries.
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Cranberry Bog Flood Control
Near Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Elaborate systems have been developed to make sure water is
available when needed.
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Cranberry
Bog Flood Control
Near Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin
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Open The
Flood Gates!
Near Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin
As
an engineer, I can appreciate the complex hydraulic systems that had to
be created for the storage of rainwater, which is eventually used to
float the cranberries at harvesting time.
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Cranberry
Bogs
Near Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin
Cranberries grow
on a short bushy plant in damp ground.
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Cranberry
Bogs
Near Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin
Cranberries are
native to the area, but man has created a reproducible environment of
bogs and flooding.
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Paper
Historical Marker
Port Edwards,
Wisconsin
I closed the day with one more stop for paper. Here is
one of the many markers to the regions past.
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