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Cottonville Boat Launch

https://ebird.org/wi/hotspot/L11701970 

Habitat: Open Water, Residential, Mixed Coniferous Forest.

Best Birds: Trumpeter and Tundra Swan and other waterfowl.  The underside of the Hwy 13 bridge hosts an active colony of Cliff Swallow

Directions: 82 miles S of Wausau/just north of the small community of Cottonville. The boat launch drive and parking is just northeast of the Hwy 13 bridge that crosses Roche a Cri Creek.

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Roche a Cri Creek on the east side of the bridge opens early in the spring and stays open until late fall. The open water of Big Roche a Cri lake on the westside can be viewed safely from a rocky pathway under the bridge.  The creekside and lakeside is lined with mixed forest and vacation home properties. 

1139 Chicago Drive, Friendship, Wisconsin

Marty Evanson