Chuck Fitzgerald Memorial Shelter
The place
Chuck Fitzgerald Memorial Shelter in Vilas County, Eagle River/Ice Age National Scenic Trail area (Northwoods Wisconsin lakes region, United States), at 517 m altitude, mixed boreal Laurentian forest. Continuous USA Wisconsin cluster (batches 260-412). Ice Age Trail shelter memorializing Chuck Fitzgerald, IATA volunteer (Ice Age National Scenic Trail, 1900 km, established 1980, Wisconsin's terminal moraine from the last, Wisconsinian, glaciation 15,000 years ago, iconic + Ice Age Trail Alliance (IATA) + Chuck Fitzgerald, iconic IATA volunteer + Eagle River, pop. 1,500, lakes resort town + Vilas County, 1,200 lakes, iconic + Northwoods Wisconsin, 44,000 km² of forest and lakes + heritage of the Menominee/Ojibwe (Algonquian peoples, Ojibwe 320,000 speakers of Ojibwe + Menominee 8,000 speakers of Menominee + iconic Menominee Reservation heritage, established 1854, Wisconsin's first federally recognized tribe + iconic Ojibwe Anishinaabe heritage + iconic Great Lakes Fur Trade heritage, 17th-19th c., voyageurs, iconic + iconic Wisconsin heritage, 30th state, 29 May 1848, iconic + iconic Chicago-Milwaukee-St. Paul railroad heritage, 1849, iconic + iconic Frank Lloyd Wright heritage, 1867-1959, Wisconsin architect, iconic, Prairie School, Taliesin, Spring Green + iconic John Muir heritage, 1838-1914, Wisconsin, conservation, iconic, Sierra Club + iconic Aldo Leopold heritage, 1887-1948, Wisconsin, "A Sand County Almanac" 1949, conservation, iconic + iconic Milwaukee beer heritage, Miller/Pabst/Schlitz, 1855+, iconic + iconic Green Bay Packers heritage, NFL, 1919, iconic, 13 championships).
The setting
Vilas, Eagle River/Ice Age Trail, Northwoods Wisconsin lakes region, USA, 517 m, mixed boreal Laurentian forest, continuous cluster batches 260-412, Ice Age Trail shelter memorializing Chuck Fitzgerald, IATA volunteer + Ice Age NST 1900 km, est. 1980, Wisconsin terminal moraine, Wisconsinian glaciation 15,000 years ago, iconic + IATA + Fitzgerald, iconic IATA volunteer + Eagle River, 1,500, lakes + Vilas, 1,200 lakes, iconic + Northwoods, 44,000 km² forest and lakes, Menominee/Ojibwe, Algonquian, Ojibwe 320,000 speakers + Menominee 8,000 speakers + Menominee Reservation est. 1854, WI's 1st recognized tribe + Ojibwe Anishinaabe, iconic + Great Lakes Fur Trade 17th-19th c., voyageurs, iconic + WI 30th state, 29 May 1848, iconic + Chicago-Milwaukee-St. Paul railroad 1849 + Wright 1867-1959, architect, Prairie School, Taliesin, Spring Green, iconic + Muir 1838-1914, WI conservation, iconic, Sierra Club + Leopold 1887-1948, WI, "A Sand County Almanac" 1949, conservation, iconic + Milwaukee beer, Miller/Pabst/Schlitz, 1855+, iconic + Green Bay Packers, NFL, 1919, 13 championships, iconic.
