Onalaska: Parkridge Park
Parkridge Park lies in the Mississippi River valley, where Onalaska’s residential districts occupy low ground beneath the wooded bluffs of western Wisconsin. The park’s lawn and mature deciduous trees give it the scale of a local green space rather than a monument-led attraction. A short distance west, Lake Onalaska is a broad Mississippi impoundment created by Lock and Dam No. 7, which began operating in 1937. The river corridor links the city to a network of islands, backwaters and navigation works that define this stretch of the Upper Mississippi. The surrounding Driftless Area escaped the flattening effect of the last continental glaciers, leaving characteristic ridges and river bluffs. Onalaska’s name was drawn from a poem by Scottish writer Thomas Campbell.
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Onalaska has served as a lumber center in western Wisconsin since the mid-19th century. The city occupies the eastern edge of Lake Onalaska, a broad reach of the Mississippi River, while the Black River meets the Mississippi just south of town. This is part of the river plain north of La Crosse, with wooded bluffs rising beyond the lowlands on either side of the valley. The name Onalaska was adopted by early lumberman John C. Laird and is associated with Thomas Campbell’s poem The Pleasures of Hope. The Great River State Trail follows a former railroad corridor through the city. Browse additional webcams from the surrounding area to extend your view of the Mississippi River valley in western Wisconsin.
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