Talk:Lake Onalaska

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Mississippi River vs. Black River
The rewritten article still gives the reader the idea that the City of Onalaska is directly adjacent to the Mississippi River. The former townsite, village and city of Onalaska, Wisconsin was and is located on the Black River, not the Mississippi. The flowage of the Black River still exists, even with the construction of Lake Onalaska. The Black River empties into the Mississippi River far to the south, in the City of La Crosse, not Onalaska. The nearby cities of La Crosse, Wisconsin and Winona, Minnesota can be considered Mississippi river towns; Onalaska cannot. All three, however, can be considered, historically, lumber towns.

The myth that the eastern shore of the Mississippi somehow borders Onalaska was spread by (1) repeated mistakes found on the internet and (2) non-native locals who do not know the geography and history of the place where they currently live.