Six freshwater estuaries are located along Highway 13 in Bayfield County of Northwestern Wisconsin. From West to East you will find:

• Fish Creek Freshwater Estuary
• Iron River Freshwater Estuary
• Flag River Freshwater Estuary
• Cranberry River Freshwater Estuary
• Bark River Freshwater Estuary
• Lost Creek Freshwater Estuary

These freshwater estuaries are partially protected by land acquisition by Wisconsin DNR and the Lost Creek Estuary is designated as a State of Wisconsin Natural Area. Each of the rivers that serve these estuaries is a significant tributary to Lake Superior.

A kayak rally was organized for July 17 & 18, 2010.

Lake Superior Day is the third Sunday in July - this year- July 18^th. Celebrations will be organized in towns and cities all around the Lake Superior basin. The three little hamlets on Wisconsin's north coast - the south Shore of Lake Superior - do not want to be left out in 2010.  We will celebrate Lake Superior by inviting a hundred or more kayak enthusiasts to our communities.

Planning is underway. Lend your thoughts and ideas to the planning effort. Contact Bruce Lindgren or Gene Lemmenes.  Bruce can be reached by email:

bflind AT cheqnet.net

This event began as an idea for a race from Herbster to Cornucopia. Although details had been developing, the Inland Sea Society board did not feel that there was sufficient support for the formal organization needed to conduct a safe race.  Discussion revealed great interest in a simpler, but more educational, format for celebrating the great Lake Superior. One ISS board member said; "Let's just get together and enjoy the water."

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Friends of South Shore Estuaries (FoSSE) is a citizen group organized under the structure of the Inland Sea Society (ISS). The FoSSE mission is to support the ecological health of freshwater estuaries in Port Wing, Herbster & Cornucopia, Wisconsin.

Please call back in a week of two for more exciting news about FoSSE and the development of the National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR).

The NERR will support protection and restoration of freshwater estuaries throughout the entire Great Lakes basin.  We in Wisconsin are particularly interested in the Lake Superior estuaries located in four Wisconsin counties: Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland and Iron.