LAC VIEUX DESERT LAKE ASSOCIATION

The Lac Vieux Desert Lake Association, Inc. was established to preserve and protect the lake and its surroundings, and to enhance the water quality, fishery, safety and aesthetic value of the lake, as a public recreational facility for today and for future generations.

IT'S OFFICIAL!

Exemption from Federal income tax
Tax-deductible contributions
Possible exemption from state income, sales, and employment taxes
Reduced postal rates
Exemption from Federal unemployment tax
Tax-exempt financing

The LVDLA is now a 501(C)3 TAX EXEMPT entity

ABOUT THE LVDLA

The Lac Vieux Desert Lake Association is dedicated to improving not only the lake but the communities it serves. Click the link below for a copy of our By-Laws.

By - Laws

FISHING REGULATIONS

Wisconsin DNR Link

HISTORY OF LAC VIEUX DESERT

Here rises the Wisconsin River. Many feet have trod this spot in many kinds of shoes from moccasins to French traders and Indians, boots of loggers, early settlers and the Army to sport shoes of today's tourists. This procession began before the first map of this lake was published in Paris in 1718. Jean Baptiste Perrault wintered here in 1791. Capt. Thomas Cram, surveyor, parleyed with Chief Ca-sha-o-sha in 1840. In the 1850's the Drapers built the first white settler cabin. Leonard Thomas married Draper's daughter and in 1884 built the first summer resort. In 1860 the Wausau Ontonagon road crossed here, joined later by the military road from Green Bay. Indian trails, canoe and mail routes, log drives and oxen hooves marked this spot as the hub of pioneer activity. Known as Kat-ik-it-i-gon and Old Planting Ground, the French name of Lac Vieux Desert is accepted for this beautiful body of water. - Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society