Minocqua, Wisconsin
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Minocqua is a town in northwestern Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,062 at 2025 estimates, representing no change from the 2020 census. The Minocqua census-designated plac
Downtown Minocqua
View of the old railroad trestle (now Bearskin Trail) over Lake Minocqua
Minocqua sign
Welcome sign
Wisconsin Walleye War
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The Wisconsin Walleye War became the name for late 20th-century events in Wisconsin in protest of Ojibwe hunting and fishing rights. In a 1975 case, the tribes challenged state efforts to regulate the
Minocqua, Wisconsin
…Community Center, which houses the town offices and public library. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Minocqua was a central flashpoint in the "Walleye Wars," a series of intense protests against the off-reservation spearfishing rights of the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe. The town served as headquarters for…
Tom Maulson in 1986