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Lake Owen

Ghost town · Bayfield County, Wisconsin

Drummond quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Drummond quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Lake Owen is a ghost town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. It is the only former community in Bayfield County recorded on the federal names register, out of 114 across Wisconsin.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lake Owen as a historical populated place on the Drummond topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 46.2700° N, 91.2541° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDrummond
Elevation1,366 ft
Nearest living townDrummond, WI
Distance to it5.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1834247
Coordinates46.26995, -91.25408

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What's there now

Lake Owen is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Drummond, WI (population 156), about 5.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,366 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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